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On the hunt for the best steak, a perfectly buttery croissant or melt-in-your-mouth sushi?—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2024 His new bakery serves all the classics — the almond croissants that Uptowners lost their minds over, quiches, tarts, macarons, breads and sandwiches.—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024 Not like really good bakery croissants, mind you (if only) but a big tray from Sam’s Club.—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 The stores’ food assortment — which includes products such as a salami sandwich on focaccia bread and an Italian-style croissant — won’t change.—Fortune, 26 Sep. 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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