1
as in to savor
to take pleasure in
TV and DVDs are OK, but we still enjoy seeing movies on the big screen
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2
as in to have
to keep, control, or experience as one's own
a country where the people enjoy the highest living standards in the world
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Recent Examples of enjoy
Luckily, cooking morels is the best way to enjoy them anyway!
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
Criminals moved in to enjoy the area, and rob and kill.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Give caladiums consistent moisture, warm soil, and a little shade, and enjoy colorful foliage all season.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
Sara also enjoys photographing sports.
—Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
Criminals moved in to enjoy the area, and rob and kill.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Give caladiums consistent moisture, warm soil, and a little shade, and enjoy colorful foliage all season.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
Sara also enjoys photographing sports.
—Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoy
Verb
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And no one is begrudging McAvoy and Swayman’s savoring the victory.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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There is more Champions League play-off action to savour this week — with the stakes high for the second leg ties.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Currently, 39 states have average prices below the $3-per-gallon threshold.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Every city has a notorious nightclub or bar worth visiting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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No one deserves to be abandoned, let alone by someone who supposedly loves them.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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So there must be some wild cats who actually love water.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Serving Spoon has remained family-owned for three generations, and is currently owned by siblings Justin Johnson and Jessica Bane, Sparks’ grandchildren.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Flower Fields started as a small ranunculus farm in the mid-1960s, when Edwin Frazee moved his ranunculus and gladiolus to the current location on land owned by the Ecke Family, where the Eckes had been growing their world-famous poinsettias.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Fans are going to like its mix of classic vibes on the 10 originals and one very wicked cover song.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Might his need to be liked by everyone conflict with his job’s more impersonal responsibilities?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
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The polymer solar cell is able to retain 97% of its performance after 2,000 hours in air.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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This was an aberrance by definition and by form; our collective sanity depends on retaining the ability to parse out instances of this kind of ambient shock and pain.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Since the Whitney Biennial was founded in 1932, art-world denizens and casual observers alike have relished the opportunity both to champion and excoriate the slates of artists put forward.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2026
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Still, Republicans were relishing the opportunity to scrutinize the former Democratic president under oath.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ten months earlier, Bush had made the decision to invade Iraq after his administration’s historic campaign of lies convinced the American people that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pigs possess complex social dynamics but spend their entire short life crowded into hog houses.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Enjoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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