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

NOUN
bar of something
Synonyms


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Alongside pineapple upside down cakes and chocolate chip cookies, customers can buy Phillips’s book about the case, “The Cost of My Faith.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The launch episode was described as "one of the most disastrous openers ever" by Metro's Adam Miller, external - but luckily he was only referring to the cakes.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

For readers who aren’t familiar with the brand, Paris Baguette sells what you might call European- and Asian-inspired pastries, breads and cakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

With funnel cakes in the shape of her beloved butterfly and fashion exhibits with eye-popping heels and wigs, Dolly Parton’s theme park has history, entertainment, reverence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I’ve been hankering sweets something awful. My gran used to whip up cakes out of nothing. I figured I could do the same.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson



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