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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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Pastry chef Daniel Duckett closed his east Belfast patisserie in the last year, but has now re-opened in partnership with Knott's bakery chain in Forestside shopping centre.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The only way to really save the bakery is to have a life-size gingerbread house competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

I still think about a shokupan dog I ate years ago at a Japanese bakery in Washington whose name I have entirely forgotten, though apparently not its merchandise.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

At least I got to see what it was like back there, in a real bakery kitchen.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

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

Other UK bakeries and dessert shops have been featuring sweetcorn baked goods on their menus too.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

And specialty retailers, such as bakeries and produce markets, will remain exempt from having to fulfill all the requirements.

From Salon ● May 22, 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

By the fall of 1979, Jorge del Pino speaks less and less with his daughter on her evening walks home from the bakeries.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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