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  • present tense form of cake (3rd person singular).
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cakes

NOUN
bar of something
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I was reminded of the reality TV show “Nailed It!,” in which amateur bakers fail spectacularly to reproduce complex cakes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Food culture is inordinately fond of nonchalance: meals that are “almost too easy,” cakes that come together “in a snap.”

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Besides water, much needed for the hours spent sweating in the swelter, his firetruck is chock-a-chocolate block with gifts of cakes, fruit compotes and other kind offerings.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

An independent bakery owner has said it was a "kick in the teeth" to be asked by The Voice UK to provide the ITV show's guests and judges with free cakes.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Hanako could not believe their luck to find this woman in a starving country selling these beautiful cakes.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata



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