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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dulcifying
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Krispy Kreme is sweetening an already-sweet long Labor Day weekend.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025 -
Many companies have invested in onsite amenities like fitness centers or day care in hopes of sweetening the return-to-office deal.—
Gleb Tsipursky,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 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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After nearly a full minute of coaxing, the standoff ends.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Multiple people in the room, some yelling, some hitting me, others comforting and coaxing.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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After years of cajoling workers, employers are taking a harder line.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Naomi is a textbook Jewish mother, nagging and cajoling and smothering her children with logorrheic abandon.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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This is not about lowering expectations or coddling employees.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Traditional romantic comedies often ask us to fall in love with, or at least be charmed by, Lucy or Julie, but neither film is keen on that kind of coddling.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Dulcifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcifying. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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