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sweets

  • plural
    of sweet.
    sweet
    adjective
    having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.

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The celebrations also bring families and friends together for prayers, elaborate feasts and the exchange of gifts, and lots of traditional Indian sweets.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Samantha has appealed to other parents to carefully check any remaining children's Halloween sweets, urging them to be vigilant and look out for anything unusual.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

By the time I remember it’s happening, all the good sweets are gone from grocery store shelves, so any visiting trick-or-treaters get butterscotch suckers, breath mints or candy corn.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

And one claim is going viral this spooky season: that giving out full-sized candy bars to Halloween trick-or-treaters makes more financial sense than bagging the smaller “fun size” sweets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

If I hadn’t been flooded with adrenaline and worry I would have mouthed each one after it was said, shoving them into my pockets like sweets to suck on later.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline