as in darlings
a person with whom one is in love
I love you, dear
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Noun
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Hawke seems most likely to still make it into the category as well, as one of the main critical darlings of the season, but faces the challenge of likely being the sole nominee for his film.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Whales have been beached Once upon a time, whales were the darlings of the beer scene.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The high school sweethearts married on June 21, 2025, at the Grandfather Golf and Country Club in North Carolina, per The News & Observer.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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High school sweethearts who married in 2016, the two have built both a family and a professional partnership.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Jan. 2026
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May these two sweeties never travel to Russia ever again.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Dears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dears. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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