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baker

[bey-ker] / ˈbeɪ kər /
NOUN
person who cooks baked goods
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“You are all disgusting wet batter,” barks a pastry baker.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

Godin’s husband, Seth Godin, a renowned authority on marketing, is the family’s cook and baker.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?

From Slate May 25, 2026

A baker named Francisco brought his daughter to pay respects.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Washington was told that a baker had been given the letter by the woman, a former girlfriend.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Similar recipe guides consulted professional bakers and award-winning pastry chefs alike, asking them what their favorite boxed cake mix is and their best upgrades.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

Operations manager Elizabeth Turbé printed out Excel-based baking schedules once or twice a week and bought boxes of wooden rulers that bakers used to help track which rows to follow each day.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

For serious bakers who want to bring bagels to customers who have never tried the genuine article, the farther a shop is from Manhattan, the greater the weight of tradition and representation, said Laurel Kratochvila.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

The government has been encouraging bakers to work on 1 May, describing them as being "indispensable to the continuity of social life".

From BBC May 1, 2026

“We were all just regular fellows—farmers, bakers, shopkeepers, shoemakers, sailors. Some of us didn’t even know how to shoot.”

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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