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Behind the glass case, jewel-like pastries shimmered, including their signature pink croissant, made without food coloring but instead crafted from AOP butter and Valrhona raspberry chocolate, filled with raspberry coulis and pastry cream.—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 Certainly, not everyone is a member for the croissants and olive oil alone.—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025 Parfait Paris is a patisserie and boulangerie selling homemade French favorites — from croissants and macarons to baguettes and its bestseller, Dubai Pain Suisse.—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 The chicken and bacon croissant stuffer, sweet black pepper bacon, Brown Sugar Shakin’ Espresso and pistachio coffee are also returning as part of the spring menu.—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Apr. 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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