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
Verb
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Jane noticed that he was spoiled.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Against the team that spoiled its last effort to build a dynasty a decade ago.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Spa Weekend, directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, follows three childhood best friends, Jane, Coco, and Sophie, as they get pampered during a luxury girls’ getaway.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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Was Lawrence truly pampered by previous Jags coaches?—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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Jones nursed a knee injury during training camp and was traded to the Tennessee Titans.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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There’s evidence of puppies being nursed alongside human babies in Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Americas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Goetz understood this disorder not as the product of scant civic resources or state retreat but rather as the result of liberal misrule—do-gooder bureaucrats, failed social programs, and a city that had coddled the undeserving and the criminal.—
Heather Ann Thompson,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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As recently as last April, Narasimhan told analysts on a conference call that Most Favored Nation pricing would be devastating for America, where drug companies had been coddled.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Cosseted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosseted. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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