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sweets

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

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Afterwards, she said she was ready to quit tennis, but she quickly got over the disappointment thanks to a "couple bags of chips and some sweets".

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Each mountain trek will be powered by noodles and Albie-Junior's favourite sour sweets.

From BBC ● May 13, 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

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

Malli and the other children eat their sweets quickly, and Bedi Ma'am sends them off to play.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman