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As for breakfast, there's a robust offering of everything, from a DIY mimosa bar to sweet and savory dishes like quiche, pizzettes, and even the viral flat croissant with chocolate and pistachio.—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 Afterward, as the small crowd passed around hot chocolate and croissants, others in attendance remembered their neighbor with reverence.—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 The roughly three-hour, go-at-your-own pace tours can be customized to either pedal past the city’s main attractions along the Seine or into the city’s less-touristy neighborhoods, with plenty of stops for stories, photos, and croissants along the way.—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025 Order classic breakfast sandwiches on croissants or biscuits, burgers, burritos and more on the Wendy's breakfast menu.—Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025 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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