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Recent Examples of endearment
If nothing else, this little term of endearment doesn't really seem exactly, well, endearing.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
End the card with a closing term of endearment that fits the status of you and your Valentine’s relationship.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
That is where the danger lurks, but accepting the possibility of injury as a consequence of endearment is what marks us as being fully alive.
—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
What may be a term of endearment in one context can be perceived differently in another.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
End the card with a closing term of endearment that fits the status of you and your Valentine’s relationship.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
That is where the danger lurks, but accepting the possibility of injury as a consequence of endearment is what marks us as being fully alive.
—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
What may be a term of endearment in one context can be perceived differently in another.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for endearment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endearment
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For another, any inclination by foreign leaders during Trump's first term to challenge him too directly has been replaced by a strategy of flattery.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Tim said in one of those videos that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.—
David Mack,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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Piled high into a thick, split-top bun, the tender chunks of lobster meat are mixed with a just-right amount of mayo (or with warm butter, if that’s your preference) and served with potato chips.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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The seasonal menu leans into Southern ingredients and sustainability, with dishes like Carolina trout with lemon-dill butter or seared scallops over risotto.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Basking as world champions, all that pent up heartbreak and agony now exploded into pure adulation.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Advertisement Some analysts have even suggested that Hun Sen has been enlisted by Thailand’s elites to finally topple the Shinawatra family, which remains reviled by royalists for its populist adulation amongst rural voters.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 July 2025
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On Wednesday, however, a federal judge in Florida declined that entreaty, rebuffing their attempt at releasing information from the Sunshine State’s 2005 and 2007 federal investigations into Epstein.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
25 July 2025
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But up to this point the industry has largely rebuffed these entreaties.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
21 June 2025
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The odds are that such sweet talk is going to inevitably run out or at least be intermittent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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From there, according to the report, the sweet talk quickly moves to messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Google Chat or Telegram.—
Sunny Nagpaul,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2024
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Impressed by the senator’s blandishments, the egoistic journalist argues military strategy and then faces a moment of conscience.—
Armond White,
National Review,
17 May 2023
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People want to hear blandishments about engagement and infrastructure.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2023
Noun
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For soft-skill matters such as advice, sycophancy in AI chatbots can be especially dangerous, Cheng said, because there's no certainty about whether its guidance is sensible.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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Marco Rubio’s and Pete Hegseth’s brainless sycophancy.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
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Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: SPINE (480 words remaining) The Hint: Enthusiastic praise.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Others have shared their praise for Poehler, who helped Plaza speak about her grief for the first time since Baena's passing.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Endearment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endearment. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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