sweets

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food with a high sugar content n.
sweet foods n.

NOUN

food with a high sugar content

Synonyms

STRONG

bonbons candy comfit confection confectionery dessert pastries pie preserves pudding sweetmeats

WEAK

candied fruit

NOUN

sweet foods

Synonyms

STRONG

candy confectionery desserts goodies preserves sweetmeats

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sweets

She co-owns Sweet Emporium where she is busy serving customers sweets and ice creams in the hot weather.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Catherine, meanwhile, had run to seed and spent as much time as possible lying in bed eating sweets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

WSJ: How are consumers responding to new restrictions on what shoppers can buy with food stamps, including sweets in some states?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Americans are shifting from traditional sweets, with chocolate’s snack consumption share down 2.6 percentage points since 2010.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Kevin wasn't allowed to eat sweets, so he always mooched snacks from everybody's lunchboxes.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene