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dears

noun

plural of dear
as in darlings
a person with whom one is in love I love you, dear

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Recent Examples of dears Whether these ads were meant to imply that clutching and shifting was too physical for women, too unladylike, or just too complex for the little dears is not clear. — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dears
  1. darlings
  2. sweethearts
  3. sweeties
Noun
  • This was hailed as a victory for all software-as-a-service companies, which were emerging as industry darlings.
    — Srinivas Velamoor, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Lens, Heart of Midlothian and Thun were media darlings last season making bold runs at their first league titles for many decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of darlings
Noun
  • The family soon moved to Kentucky, where Kingsolver’s parents, high-school sweethearts, had been born and raised, and settled in the small town of Carlisle, where another daughter was born.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Lois and Billy were childhood sweethearts and had been in a relationship since the age of 16.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweethearts
Noun
  • But my little Outlander sweeties, this is not just any reverend, this is Reverend Wakefield.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweeties

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“Dears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dears. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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