confected; confecting; confects
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Examples of confect in a Sentence
a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards
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Friday’s deadline for bids was an artificial one, confected by United’s bankers to create urgency.
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
In Brussels, Wiley was searching for models to confect into the image of royalty for a site-specific show proposed by the city’s Oldmasters Museum.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings.
—refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American).
—The Economist, 5 July 2019
But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected.
—The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018
In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts.
—The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
In Brussels, Wiley was searching for models to confect into the image of royalty for a site-specific show proposed by the city’s Oldmasters Museum.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings.
—refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American).
—The Economist, 5 July 2019
But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected.
—The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018
In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts.
—The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
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