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Everything from cookies and croissants to roasted peanuts and potatoes were baked on them.—Molly Allen, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024 There are mountains of croissants filled with pastry cream and achingly good dulce de leche.—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Arrive early for croissants, Danish pastries, and tarts Reed whips up an assortment of croissants, like almond, chocolate, ham & cheddar, and black truffle & gruyère.—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2024 Drinks are drinks, but drinks garnished with croissants are better drinks.—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for croissant
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, crescent, from Middle French, from present participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere — more at crescent
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