as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk
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Recent Examples of brownie
Unenlightened of the brownie’s incredible taste, I was bewildered by the perfect combination of these three types of chocolate.
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s made with brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough blended with soft serve ice cream.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The ice cream is, of course, magnificent, the chocolate sauce luscious, the bits of brownie divine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Chocolate Fudge Brownie: Chocolate light ice cream filled with chewy fudge brownies and swirls of brownie batter.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s made with brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough blended with soft serve ice cream.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The ice cream is, of course, magnificent, the chocolate sauce luscious, the bits of brownie divine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Chocolate Fudge Brownie: Chocolate light ice cream filled with chewy fudge brownies and swirls of brownie batter.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownie
Noun
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Perhaps to offset her severe personality, the ride adds a new character, a house elf named Higgledy.—
Todd Anderson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Before 10 Things, the young actor gained attention as Bernard, the sarcastic head elf in The Santa Clause (1994).—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Without these reference points, Lu’s team could not match the sprites to their parent lightning discharges.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2025
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Teasing out the timing of over 90 red sprites and tying over 60 of them to specific strokes of parent lightning, the research reveals that one of South Asia’s largest shows of sprite fireworks arose within a cluster of thunderstorms above the Himalayas in 2022.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2023
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The power of such trolls lies in their ability to manipulate the epistemic environment.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Lakers star then posted an epic troll about Smith on social media, sparking Smith to respond.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Brownie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownie. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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