as in breeze
something easily done or dealt with
everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest
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Recent Examples of cream puff
Fifth course: Giant cream puff, sugared blackberries, caramel and candied pecans.
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Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Desserts include a sundae bar with ice cream, an assortment of toppings and a cream puff.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Heading to downtown Cincinnati for a weekend filled with lederhosen, liter-sized beer steins, giant cream puffs, bratwurst and cringe-worthy chicken dances?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
The offerings are all housemade: croissants, cookies, muffins, tarts, jams, cream puffs, pound cakes, cheesecakes, bread loafs.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
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Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Desserts include a sundae bar with ice cream, an assortment of toppings and a cream puff.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Heading to downtown Cincinnati for a weekend filled with lederhosen, liter-sized beer steins, giant cream puffs, bratwurst and cringe-worthy chicken dances?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
The offerings are all housemade: croissants, cookies, muffins, tarts, jams, cream puffs, pound cakes, cheesecakes, bread loafs.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cream puff
Noun
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Not to mention, a one-piece will make getting ready for your graduation an absolute breeze.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2025
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The smooth porcelain interior heats up evenly and is a breeze to clean.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Soak up the spring sun with a picnic, walk or bike ride at parks like Stream Park, Brixham Park, or Ballantyne's Backyard.—
McKenzie Rankin,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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After the event, have a picnic, take a hike or visit the pond.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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For Marx, making the transition from actress to wife of a great movie star was duck soup.—
Donald Liebenson,
Washington Post,
21 July 2022
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By comparison, Adare's most recent renovation— completed this spring after two years of construction—was duck soup.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2018
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The range of meats and fish, herbs and spices, jams, fruit and vegetables, sauces and oils, chocolates, cakes and cheeses is impressive.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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So cakes lent itself more to that than anything else.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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At 21, Jovic, too, arguably remains part of the kid stuff, only at the end of last season having emerged as a rotation presence.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Sep. 2024
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But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album, The Tortured Poets Department.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2024
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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“Cream puff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cream%20puff. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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