Meaning & use
nonpareils
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small chocolate candies covered in tiny sugar balls, or, more broadly, people or things without equal.
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She sprinkled nonpareils on top of the cupcakes for a festive touch.
As a violinist, he was considered a nonpareil among his generation.
A note on using this word
Nonpareil literally means 'without equal' in French; in the U.S. it's best known as the name for those small speckled chocolate candies.
Words with a similar meaning
unequaled onesparagons
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