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confection

[kuhn-fek-shuhn] / kənˈfɛk ʃən /
NOUN
sweet food
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Salty snacks and sugar confection are gaining share, with health trends and GLP-1 drugs influencing consumer choices.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

In sugar confection, products like gummy clusters have gained traction, while in salty snacks, better-for-you ingredients are fueling growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

His friends loved his portmanteaued frozen confection, which he patented in 1924.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In Philadelphia, it means something else entirely — a sweet, sugary confection that looks like a tiny potato but tastes like a coconut-cream dream.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Now I saw he’d ordered the best thing in the house, this gorgeous, frothy confection of an earlier age.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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