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as in darling
a person with whom one is in love
I married my high-school sweetheart as soon as we both finished college
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as in beauty
something very good of its kind
a charming waterfront cottage that's a real sweetheart
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Recent Examples of sweetheart
Anthony Volpe is a sweetheart of a young man.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
But, under a sweetheart 2019 deal scheduled for completion this year, Alameda County agreed to sell its half-interest to the A’s owners, purportedly to incentivize the team to stay in town.
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Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
This sweet rom-com follows the eponymous wedding planner, Mary (Lopez), who is more concerned with her career ambitions than fulfilling her dad's wish of marrying her childhood sweetheart.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The story revolves around two high school sweethearts who serendipitously cross paths years later in the city.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sweetheart
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
But, under a sweetheart 2019 deal scheduled for completion this year, Alameda County agreed to sell its half-interest to the A’s owners, purportedly to incentivize the team to stay in town.
—
Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
This sweet rom-com follows the eponymous wedding planner, Mary (Lopez), who is more concerned with her career ambitions than fulfilling her dad's wish of marrying her childhood sweetheart.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The story revolves around two high school sweethearts who serendipitously cross paths years later in the city.
—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sweetheart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetheart
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Collins and Arenas are five-star talents, and while Collins’ stock is higher at the moment, Arenas easily could return to draft darling status with a strong start to the season.
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That includes Brazil and World Cup darling Scotland earlier in the week, putting the Tartan Army’s threats of ‘No Scotland, No Party’ under legitimate scrutiny.
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There’s nothing more satisfying than a poolside lunch or candlelit dinner on the beach, where your three courses total up to less than 600 calories and are still doing your brain, beauty, and microbiome good.
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All of our differences, all of our uniqueness, that’s the beauty, ya’ll.
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Sorry, sweetie, but that’s the nature of the game, no matter what network.
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Yes, sweetie, sexy wormholes have entered the chat.
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With so much else to rebuild, a baseball season in 2026 seemed like more than a dream.
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Their dream houses have ocean views, swimming pools and four or more bedrooms, which may be hard to find.
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Frankly, my dear, Tom Jacobsen doesn’t give a dome.
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Black bag, my dear — her work trip sets off a chain reaction in which George’s strength, i.e., faith in their relationship, becomes his weakness.
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As for the performance T-shirts in the lineup, the oversized, moisture-wicking beauts are meant to turn heads in their color-happy Turmeric iteration.
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For example, avocados are high in fiber, with half of one of those beauts having five grams of fiber.
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Mercury star and Bonner's girlfriend Alyssa Thomas rushed in to defend Bonner.
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Carruth didn’t shoot his pregnant girlfriend himself, but he would later be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with her death.
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This avoidance tactic can explain the modern mismatch between sounds and spelling in wolf, wood and wonder.
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No wonder Yard Act realized music is the lifeline that just might pull us back out of the muck.
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“Sweetheart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetheart. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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