as in spoiled
to treat with great or excessive care
a luxury spa where guests are cosseted with no expense spared
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Recent Examples of cosseted
While most art cars since the fifth installment had been cosseted, this one was present at the starting line for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosseted
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Since the totality is gracing Libya and Egypt, clear skies are almost guaranteed for the astounding event—a welcome piece of news for anyone who remembers the clouds that spoiled visibility in parts of North America during the 2024 eclipse.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Until one moment spoiled everything.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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Was Lawrence truly pampered by previous Jags coaches?—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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Instead, the interactive event, filmed right in Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy’s kitchen, explored the most worth-it purchases of the season for everyone on the list, from the trend-aware mom to the woman who loves being pampered.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Seibert’s niece, said her uncle indulged his love of travel the past three years, even going on a road trip to his old haunts in Washington, Idaho and Montana.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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As for whether whims like that need to be indulged, Mayer, perhaps not surprisingly, is on the side of the talent.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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For any of us who have ever nursed private, unseemly doubts or jealousies, Arnett is a tonic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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Ineke Zeldenrust, international coordinator for the Clean Clothes Campaign, a witness signatory of the Accord, has long nursed a sense of foreboding about where worker safety is headed in Bangladesh.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Dec. 2025
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Police officers, in my view, coddled Lorincz and failed to protect her Black neighbors, Owens among them.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Cosseted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosseted. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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