as in to commend
to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)
They endeared themselves to the whole town.
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Recent Examples of endear
Audiences have been captivated by identical twins through endearing comedies about reuniting twins, thrillers about mistaken identities, medical horrors, quirky dark comedies, and everything in between.
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Drawing a direct correlation between cannabis and crime, Wolff endeared himself to Anslinger by claiming without the slightest evidence to have identified 200 million cannabis addicts worldwide, each one a dire threat to American values.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Despite its ear-pleasing score, high-energy dance scenes and endearing characters, the Caribbean fairy tale is an unusual hybrid.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
That gift helped boost annual visitors from 20,000 to 250,000 and endeared Lugano to major art collectors including philanthropist Jane Holzer, who was one of Andy Warhol’s many muses in the 1960s.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Drawing a direct correlation between cannabis and crime, Wolff endeared himself to Anslinger by claiming without the slightest evidence to have identified 200 million cannabis addicts worldwide, each one a dire threat to American values.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Despite its ear-pleasing score, high-energy dance scenes and endearing characters, the Caribbean fairy tale is an unusual hybrid.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
That gift helped boost annual visitors from 20,000 to 250,000 and endeared Lugano to major art collectors including philanthropist Jane Holzer, who was one of Andy Warhol’s many muses in the 1960s.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endear
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The Pompano Beach native’s latest charitable act has been met with both gratitude and admiration, especially from his longtime attorney, Bradford Cohen, who took to Instagram on Wednesday (April 16) to commend Kodak’s consistent generosity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Scott Shackelford, executive director at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, commended Microsoft for being one of the most proactive companies in fraud prevention, but said more action needed to come from both the private and public sector.—
Kara Fellows,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Gently massage the oil mixture into the scalp using your fingertips.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
23 Apr. 2025
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Hair oils, such as jojoba, argan, and coconut, may be massaged into your hair once a week.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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His efforts to ingratiate himself with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have brought the war no closer to an end.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Here are seven tips for ingratiating yourself to editors—and mastering the publishing game.—
Jennifer Fernandez,
Architectural Digest,
28 Apr. 2025
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Even after earning a 21-point win over the Heat on Sunday, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson complimented the Heat following Game 1.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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The following day, Pope Francis tapped him on the shoulder at breakfast and complimented him for the speech, marking him out for future promotion.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Bulbs properly planted in pots may also be coaxed to bloom again.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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Now, last month, there was another star of the big screen in the ring, coaxing Cena to go over to the dark side.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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That ethical dodge — congratulating modern progress, ignoring this era’s nervous breakdown — is the basic, political, insensitive reason that contemporary Hollywood cannot create love stories.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Apr. 2025
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Celebrities and fellow golfers congratulated him after his big win.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Bibb took one there, along with her co-star Aimee Lou Wood, and had cajoled him into another.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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States in the dark about federal education cuts European leaders arrived this week to flatter and cajole President Trump.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
28 Feb. 2025
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Greeks, Jews, Romans — rich and poor — all worshipped together in homes and built close relationships with one another.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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There’s something like a musical manosphere nowadays, fanbases full of terminally online acolytes who worship artists with varying histories of grifting and misogyny.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Endear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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