as in favorite
enjoying widespread favor or approval
an actor who rarely ventures far afield from crowd-pleasing comedies and actioners
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Recent Examples of crowd-pleasing
From grill-ready meats and crowd-pleasing snacks to refreshing desserts and flavorful dips, these seasonal picks are perfect for stocking up ahead of the holiday weekend.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Either way, this is a fun, filling, crowd-pleasing dish that is excellent any time of year.
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Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 June 2026
Unlike gubernatorial elections in the last quarter of a century, this year’s race lacked a clear crowd-pleasing front-runner able to win over voters, such as movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jerry Brown, a sage of the California electorate and scion of a storied political family.
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Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
To put a finer point on it, why write historical fiction—or, at least, this brand of it, crowd-pleasing and immersive in the tradition of Patrick O’Brian or Hilary Mantel—when there is actual history?
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Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Try Ina’s easy trick for this crowd-pleasing creamy side dish.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
Like many beachside spots, The Beachcomber leans into crowd-pleasing California comfort grub, including coconut shrimp, fish tacos and hefty slices of chocolate cake.
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Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
The Diplomat, Slow Horses, and Paradise all feel like worthy nominees, but the fact that these three crowd-pleasing geopolitical conspiracy yarns have such overlap in their themes is going to keep any one of them from leaping ahead as a winner.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Either way, this is a fun, filling, crowd-pleasing dish that is excellent any time of year.
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Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 June 2026
Unlike gubernatorial elections in the last quarter of a century, this year’s race lacked a clear crowd-pleasing front-runner able to win over voters, such as movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jerry Brown, a sage of the California electorate and scion of a storied political family.
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Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
To put a finer point on it, why write historical fiction—or, at least, this brand of it, crowd-pleasing and immersive in the tradition of Patrick O’Brian or Hilary Mantel—when there is actual history?
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Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Try Ina’s easy trick for this crowd-pleasing creamy side dish.
—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
Like many beachside spots, The Beachcomber leans into crowd-pleasing California comfort grub, including coconut shrimp, fish tacos and hefty slices of chocolate cake.
—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
The Diplomat, Slow Horses, and Paradise all feel like worthy nominees, but the fact that these three crowd-pleasing geopolitical conspiracy yarns have such overlap in their themes is going to keep any one of them from leaping ahead as a winner.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd-pleasing
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Whether spread on warm pancakes, melted onto corn on the cob, baked into our favorite cakes, cookies and pies or enjoyed atop fresh bread, both have earned a permanent place in many kitchens.
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Surprisingly, buyers' favorite colors this year go beyond plain white, with certain hues helping rooms feel larger, calmer, and easier to imagine living in.
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In this sequence, human Lestat is a popular stage actor in Paris, and Magnus is a Perfect Blue-style greasy-haired stalker at the stage door.
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According to The Associated Press, police identified the five other people as Gaspar Prim Díaz, a popular Argentine YouTuber known as Gaspi; another Argentine, Lucas Vignale; and Brazilians Lucas Brito, Charles Marsillac and Alexandre Souza.
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Cool, fashionable girls are wearing track pants this season.
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The easiest way to make a jersey feel fashionable is by paying attention to proportions.
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Despite solo acts like Taylor Sheridan, Mike White, and Sam Levinson dominating so much of the pop-cultural discourse, the value of group collaboration remains television’s true North Star.
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Written, composed, and arranged by K-indie singer-songwriter and producer Hyun-sang Ha, the pop-rock ballad was created with his friend, Minhyuk, in mind.
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The second-largest whale species after blue whales, fin whales are classified as an endangered species, according to NOAA.
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Last week, in interviews with The Times, the leaders of the two largest unions — United Teachers Los Angeles and Service Employees International Union Local 99 — called for Carvalho to be replaced.
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“Crowd-pleasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd-pleasing. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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