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bakery

[bay-kuh-ree, bayk-ree] / ˈbeɪ kə ri, ˈbeɪk ri /
NOUN
cooking business where baked goods are produced
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“You’ve got air-conditioning fans on at the bakery so the air blows on the dough during proofing. It gets a skin on it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“They occupy our streets, our homes, our spaces, and often fail to respect the people who are working for them,” said Stella Arbona, a 23-year-old who works in a bakery on the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

They turn up at weddings and kids’ birthday parties, in freezer aisles and bakery cases, at country clubs and holiday breakfast tables.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Pophams bakery, which has branches in east London, has had a peach and sweetcorn danish pastry on its menu.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

They'd talk about the bakery on the corner, the schools they'd gone to, how they'd met at the University of Baghdad....Then, inevitably, they'd fall quiet and the sadness would creep in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Around 52,000 Iranians live in Kuwait, where they mostly work as low-paid labourers employed on fishing boats, in vegetable markets and at bakeries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Pulp is used by overseas ice cream makers, bakeries and at "pulp-shot" cafes.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Six new Pasadena bakeries to visit for cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, Labubu tarts, bagels, gluten-free desserts and vegan pastries.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Milstein said the Saunter is now part of New York’s “line culture,” where young people flock to bakeries and other spots that are hyped on social media and expect to encounter endless queues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

We can’t find any bakeries, so we settle for a nearby grocery store, one of those fancy ones where a bag of organic apples costs more than our rent.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez




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