endeared; endearing; endears
1
: to cause to become beloved or admired
her generosity has endeared her to the public
2
obsolete
: to make higher in cost, value, or estimation
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Trujillo quickly endeared himself to segments of his nation’s population by reconstructing the capital after the 1930 San Zenón hurricane, paying off the Dominican Republic’s foreign debts, and adopting anti-Black policies.
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Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
By the end of 2024, the animatronic performances — endearing and nostalgia-inducing, if perhaps slightly creepy to their audiences — will be phased out at all but two of the chain’s more than 400 locations in the United States: one in Los Angeles and another in Nanuet, N.Y.
—Jesus Jiménez Jackie Molloy, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Her openness about her mental health has endeared her to millions of young people coping with the isolating experiences of anxiety, depression, and other disorders.
—Lucy Feldman, TIME, 29 May 2024
O’Neal joined the broadcast in 2011, and the group’s irreverent and astute basketball analysis, unfettered by concerns about access or egos, has endeared it to viewers and critics.
—Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 May 2024
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Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
By the end of 2024, the animatronic performances — endearing and nostalgia-inducing, if perhaps slightly creepy to their audiences — will be phased out at all but two of the chain’s more than 400 locations in the United States: one in Los Angeles and another in Nanuet, N.Y.
—Jesus Jiménez Jackie Molloy, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Her openness about her mental health has endeared her to millions of young people coping with the isolating experiences of anxiety, depression, and other disorders.
—Lucy Feldman, TIME, 29 May 2024
O’Neal joined the broadcast in 2011, and the group’s irreverent and astute basketball analysis, unfettered by concerns about access or egos, has endeared it to viewers and critics.
—Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 May 2024
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endear
verb
en·dear
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: to cause to become dear or beloved
her generosity has endeared her to the public
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