as in to ingratiate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endear (to)
Verb
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In some ways, her set at Stagecoach was similar to what Post Malone was doing on the same grounds this time last year: doing a support set meant to ingratiate a pop superstar to the country audience shortly before the release of an album that has been tagged as being for them.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025 -
Xavier, whose motives are unknown, gets a job as assistant to the play’s director and ingratiates himself with her and Max, each of whom has begun to express concern, as previews draw near, about the quality of the narrator’s performance.—
Lidija Haas,
Harper's Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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So the girls resolve to have a hunt and placate the wilderness.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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So how would the AI CEO placate Elliott Investment Management, which wanted to eliminate the open seating and free bag policies and was accused by Southwest leaders of failing to constructively engage with the reworking of corporate policies.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
4 Apr. 2025
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His successors must do without such yarns, and content themselves with shards of talk scattered to the breeze.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
25 Apr. 2025
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External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Dec. 2015
Verb
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That probably means someone who can appease enough of the traditionalists, enough of the progressives, and a solid majority of the moderates.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Google has previously explored selling its ad exchange to appease European antitrust regulators, Reuters reported in September.—
David Shepardson and Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Verb
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The credulous faith that these superpowers will voluntarily settle for some form of peaceful coexistence, if only they are sufficiently propitiated with concessions, is naive and dangerous.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.—
Danielle Pletka,
National Review,
6 Nov. 2023
Verb
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Not only are flags placed at every grave, as is done here, but the army assigns a soldier to stand by each grave to comfort the family and to honor their memory.—
Rabbi Steve Roth,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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What’s On the Menu The Official Kentucky Derby 151 On-Track Food Menu delivers a mix of Southern staples and polished showstoppers—dishes that are comforting, upscale, and built to last through long race-day service.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Wilson and Villanueva both attended, later posting a joint social media video of themselves consoling the distraught deputy after he was found guilty.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Afterwards, the Bengals actually called Sanu to console him.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This is the peace of the Risen Christ, an unarmed and disarming peace, humble and persevering.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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This is the peace of the Risen Christ, an unarmed peace and a disarming peace, humble and persevering.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 May 2025
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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