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confetti

[kuhn-fet-ee, kawn-fet-tee] / kənˈfɛt i, kɔnˈfɛt ti /


NOUN
bonbon
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Wait: There are millions of people on the lower Manhattan streets, confetti fluttering in the air, a team being feted on stage at City Hall…and it isn’t the Yankees?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Still, I rarely resist a little edible confetti.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

JC: Think about it: The world of sports has entered a bizarre new dimension, one in which formerly sad-sack teams are now the ones downing champagne and getting showered in confetti.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The event appeared to be intimate, with a small group of family and friends throwing confetti as the couple walked down the stairs of the building hand-in-hand.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Everyone froze in place, confetti and streamers in their hair and on their clothes, balloons gently bonking against their heads.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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