dessert
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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
While watching a video of a pastry class I took, I realized I forgot the name of the dessert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Bronze members may get a free dessert with a £10 spend, while higher tiers can get a free pizza or drinks with a £15 minimum spend.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
“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
Pereira says sweetcorn in desserts and drinks is "very slowly easing its way" into the UK food scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The consultant finished with a sampling of tiny desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There was seldom any danger of my raising the bar, but at the Hearthside Annette once upbraided me for freshening up the display desserts: “They’ll expect us all to start doing that!”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing dessert
Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 4
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