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Recent Examples of affectionate Told with lightness and wit, this story about cross-generational conflict and much else besides is an affectionate and bold milestone in the debate on cultural identity. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025 Recent research highlights how affectionate touch may even support better sleep by reducing stress and increasing feelings of emotional safety. Brian N. Chin, The Conversation, 16 May 2025 While being affectionate around adults and children, the breed will stand up to threats from strangers. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Everyone will want to have fun and will feel relaxed and affectionate. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for affectionate
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Adjective
  • All cats regardless of age deserve a safe and loving home.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Additionally, researchers discovered that even when children are placed in safe and loving settings, like with responsive adoptive parents, some of them naturally shunned connection.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Chicharito also benefitted from his market placement in LA, in his case mainly due to the proximity to an adoring Mexican fanbase throughout Southern California.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In some cases, like his calls to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Mr. Trump has promised changes that many of his most adoring fans in Europe have stopped well short of.
    Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Affectionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectionate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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