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someone who bakes bread, cakes, etc.
I'm a very good baker, especially of pies. She's a successful baker who opened a chain of bakeries.
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Recent Examples of bakers
Bond shows how professional and trade associations empowered bakers, gladiators, charioteers, and the like to wield their leverage—for example, by withholding their labor—in pursuit of improved conditions.
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The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Their bakers don't add any contaminants, and any of these substances found in the cookies come from environmental exposure, the Girl Scouts said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Vermont wins the title for the state with the most at-home pie bakers; Instacart says that its Vermont customers purchased all the staples for baking a pie at home 83% more frequently than the national average.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
The widespread affinity for the familiar dessert is part of a larger movement of bakers leaning into personal influences and away from strictly European baking traditions.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2025
Of course, avid Southern bakers will always have a bottle of Karo Syrup for pecan pies and other homemade candies.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Many of us became amateur bread bakers — and a few have persisted.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But according to countless home bakers and thousands of patrons of the Barefoot Contessa store in the Hamptons, the search can stop at Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2025
Butchers, bakers, and grocery stores are being replaced by take-out joints catering to tourists with cheap sushi and two-for-one spritzes; hardware stores and artisans are being replaced by souvenir shops and chains; and locals are being priced out of the center of Rome.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Their bakers don't add any contaminants, and any of these substances found in the cookies come from environmental exposure, the Girl Scouts said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Vermont wins the title for the state with the most at-home pie bakers; Instacart says that its Vermont customers purchased all the staples for baking a pie at home 83% more frequently than the national average.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
The widespread affinity for the familiar dessert is part of a larger movement of bakers leaning into personal influences and away from strictly European baking traditions.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2025
Of course, avid Southern bakers will always have a bottle of Karo Syrup for pecan pies and other homemade candies.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Many of us became amateur bread bakers — and a few have persisted.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But according to countless home bakers and thousands of patrons of the Barefoot Contessa store in the Hamptons, the search can stop at Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2025
Butchers, bakers, and grocery stores are being replaced by take-out joints catering to tourists with cheap sushi and two-for-one spritzes; hardware stores and artisans are being replaced by souvenir shops and chains; and locals are being priced out of the center of Rome.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Bakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bakers. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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