as in spoiling
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 Synonyms for cosseting
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Meanwhile, Josh Heupel’s Vols are relegated to potentially spoiling rival Vanderbilt’s hopes in the regular-season finale.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025 -
This past weekend, Delaware State beat North Carolina Central on the road for the first time since 1977, spoiling homecoming weekend.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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What’s gained by indulging our doom?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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Haddish spent most of the early pandemic alone at her house in South Los Angeles, nursing a knee injury and performing stand-up for her backyard plants.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those looking to have the ultimate pampering experience will be delighted by the product’s light, clean scent, reminiscent of a trip to the spa.—
Abby Dupes,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
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Campbell has accused the SCORE Act of disadvantaging these groups while coddling the NCAA.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Salicylic acid penetrates deep into the pores to dissolve away acne-causing debris, while coddling the skin barrier with a cocktail of ceramides and niacinamide.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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Thanksgiving is the perfect time to break out the baking dishes and make one of our many crowd-pleasing casserole recipes.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Propheter notes that Denver has a simple, if costly, option for pleasing bondholders.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Cosseting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosseting. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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