as in candy
a sweet food made from cacao beans
She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.
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Recent Examples of chocolate
Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolate and picking out the perfect card to express your love.
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Lou Robinson, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Madonna fans are getting something better than chocolates or roses for Valentine’s Day this year: the promise of new music.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2025
There's no such thing as too-sweet or too much sugar in Grandma's kitchen and this over-the-top chocolate pie is a prime example.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
The truth is nothing is more decadent with peanut butter than rich and melty chocolate.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
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Lou Robinson, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Madonna fans are getting something better than chocolates or roses for Valentine’s Day this year: the promise of new music.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2025
There's no such thing as too-sweet or too much sugar in Grandma's kitchen and this over-the-top chocolate pie is a prime example.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
The truth is nothing is more decadent with peanut butter than rich and melty chocolate.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for chocolate
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“Chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocolate. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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