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enjoying

verb

present participle of enjoy
1
as in savoring
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 having
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 enjoying Dennis did manage to recall enjoying chef LaQueanya Henry of Sugar Coated Cupcakes’s fig honey-vanilla cheesecake, layered with almond shortbread crumble, Black Mission fig compote, honey mascarpone and pistachio praline crunch. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 These chicken thighs take very well to batch-cooking at the start of the week and enjoying in the ensuing days. — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026 Sometimes enjoying each other again creates enough ease for the honest words to arrive on their own. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The greater challenge gardeners may face while enjoying their harvests in September is that their plants will inevitably decline. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 Shane, who also coaches the junior varsity girls’ soccer team, is enjoying a return to the coaching ranks. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Determination, enjoying hard work, and some barrier breaking, of course. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 While neither of these experiences is essential to enjoying your stay, the additional charges do chip away at the all-inclusive promise. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 College football is back on our screens, and Charlotte is stacked with spots where fans can catch their favorite sports teams with fellow alumni while enjoying a drink or a bite to eat. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoying
  1. savoring
  2. having
  3. relishing
  4. owning
  5. loving
  6. retaining
  7. liking
  8. possessing
Verb
  • Today, John Moffitt is running a growing, successful business, raising a young daughter, savoring the good days when things run smoothly, working through the days when the wireless gives out, or ingredients run out before the customers do.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This leaves plenty of funds to spend on exploring some of the city’s most eclectic neighborhoods, savoring the culinary scene, wandering through world-class museums, and shopping at chic boutiques and galleries.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of savoring
Verb
  • One benefit of Emiliano Martinez’s long goodbye was Villa having time to map out the road ahead.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • From Elle Duncan's OJ-like gloves to having Roger Goodell put on a kangaroo coat, the Netflix broadcasts feel so cheap.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of having
Verb
  • The pair never had children, with Parton instead relishing her role as aunt and godmother to her siblings’ and friends’ children.
    — Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But at a time when other actors might be trying to desperately avoid being typecast, Innanen seems to be relishing being the internet’s cutie of the moment.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of relishing
Verb
  • And in The Uprising, basically every land-owning English person is an enemy of the peasants, who are overtaxed by King Richard II (Woody Norman) after the plague kills half of the country’s population.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The key to all this is to compete on the total cost of owning your house compared with a new one.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of owning
Verb
  • Summer House viewers know Miller is actually known for loving to spend time in bed — a fact Armstrong was informed of on Wednesday.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Both of them are part of Dem Guns, a nonprofit started in 2025 that aims to provide a space for gun-loving Democrats.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of loving
Verb
  • Smaller components, broader uses The approach could make frequency-conversion devices much smaller while retaining efficient light conversion.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Saikia said the track’s soundscape aimed to hold the depth of Azmi’s poetry and Nooran’s voice while retaining the soul of Sufi music.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of retaining
Verb
  • For anyone considering the field, Carpenter emphasizes that success is about more than simply liking babies.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • For now, however, what the numbers actually show is a world adjusting to the new reality of great-power competition, feeling forced to choose one side without the luxury of liking it.
    — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of liking
Verb
  • Fuentes is charged with receiving and possessing ransom money, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Derico Lowery, 31, was charged with first-degree murder and possessing a firearm as a felon in connection with the death of De’Tavion Marques Levi, 28, of Des Moines.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of possessing

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“Enjoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoying. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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