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Dessert comes from a French word meaning what?

dessert

[dih-zurt] / dɪˈzɜrt /


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“A tank in the battlefield now is like a dessert cake—the drone boys will be fighting each other over the right to strike it first,” Jurašs said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

One time, both mother and daughter ordered the most expensive dessert at about $16 each only to eat half of one and left the other — that kind of waste.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Priced according to your choice of entrée, brunch includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert, all portioned for a leisurely meal.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bruna Subashi, an energetic woman in her 40s, asked to convene in a luridly pink dessert parlor on Vlore’s waterfront called Big Scoop.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

I always got hot chocolate, and she got coffee, and we picked one dessert from the case and split it.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

I missed the creative process and dreaming-up desserts seemed like the perfect outlet.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

As part of the new framework, sweet desserts, like cake, will be reduced from a regular lunch offer to twice a week in secondary schools, and once a week in primary schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Wattle seed’s coffee and chocolate notes add a native differential to certain dishes, but specifically desserts and canapés,” says Bendrau.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

For about a third of the price of Nisei’s main tasting menu, diners get a five-course meal of just desserts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

To lift my mood, I did things my parents wouldn’t have let me do, ordering two and sometimes three desserts and never eating salads.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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