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confection

[kuhn-fek-shuhn] / kənˈfɛk ʃən /
NOUN
sweet food
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Since 2019, sugar confection has gained 1.1 percentage point in market share, Baumgartner says, noting that Gen Z consumption is running about 25% higher over the past five years.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Salty snacks and sugar confection are gaining share, with health trends and GLP-1 drugs influencing consumer choices.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

See’s Candies, founded in Los Angeles in 1921, makes a “St. Patrick’s Day potato” using divinity — a nougat-like, marshmallowy confection — mixed with walnut, coated in chocolate, and rolled in cocoa powder and cinnamon.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

It’s a bright and shiny synthpop confection with a steady 4/4 house beat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Our sons, tired out, were humped together asleep, the youngest clutching a sugary confection in one sticky fist.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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