as in loved
granted special treatment or attention
her beloved cat sleeps in its own little bed
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as in darling
a person with whom one is in love
searching for some incredibly romantic spot in which to ask his beloved to marry him
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Recent Examples of beloved
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Takeaways from the Jonas Brothers show The band celebrated 20 years with beloved hits and new highlights.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
One snapshot showed her fiancé down on his knees, looking up at his beloved with a sweet expression on his face.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Los Angeles’ most beloved genre film festival is going Midwestern.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Takeaways from the Jonas Brothers show The band celebrated 20 years with beloved hits and new highlights.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
Yuriel explained that Indigenous peoples would pick these leaves for a beloved.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
One snapshot showed her fiancé down on his knees, looking up at his beloved with a sweet expression on his face.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beloved
Adjective
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But after 9/11, Tagliabue showed a different side, particularly toward league employees who had lost loved ones in the attacks.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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Preserving income, insurance and retirement Financial security also depends on preserving income and protecting loved ones.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The last of those darts was fired (initially on X) by Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, who is a resistance darling of the moment after forcing through new, Democrat-friendly congressional maps in his state last week.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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And Jorge Drexler is a Latin Grammy darling, so this is very possible here.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Super-Italian cookbook author posted a different tribute last week for one of her cherished pets.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Similarly, some music influencers have begun piloting live-listening and album-playback sessions on Twitch—an attempt to transplant a cherished artifact of the analogue era into the digital world.—
Jonathan Garrett,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His high school sweetheart, Lynne Anne Vincent, was the school’s head baton twirler and a straight-A student.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The high school sweethearts grew into a family of three over the years that includes their three children—Cordé, Cordell, and Cori Broadus.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Grab it on Amazon right now, and check out my favorite air frying essentials below.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trailer also offers an extended look at fan-favorite character Tyson (Daniel Diemer), a cyclops, and a brief glimpse of Tamara Smart as Thalia.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Frankly, my dear, Tom Jacobsen doesn’t give a dome.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
15 July 2025
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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.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To what end should the precious removal capacity be deployed?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The site features crosses of increasing sizes with a cruciform pit containing precious ritual artifacts at its center.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Letterboxd is a social-media platform dedicated to film lovers, allowing users to log movies, review them, create lists, and follow other cinephiles.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show’s second season, based on Mona Kasten’s book Save You, follows the first installment, which found James Beaufort (Damien Hardung) and Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten) go from enemies to lovers as the both worked hard to get into Oxford.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Beloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beloved. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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