as in desirable
causing envy
The company is in the enviable position of having no real competitors. She has an enviable reputation for honesty.
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Recent Examples of enviable
Once the floats began to drive by City Hall Park, many inside pressed up against the west gate and enjoyed an enviable view.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
The 84-year-old has the most enviable skin.
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Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
18 June 2026
Still, amidst his traveling and touring, the star is known to love London's enviable food and culture scene.
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Ruchira Sharma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 June 2026
This was an enviable string of political victories.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for enviable
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
The 84-year-old has the most enviable skin.
—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
18 June 2026
Still, amidst his traveling and touring, the star is known to love London's enviable food and culture scene.
—
Ruchira Sharma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 June 2026
This was an enviable string of political victories.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for enviable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviable
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Shirts tied to a specific tour, an album release or a now-defunct venue tend to be the most desirable.
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Such qualities might be unobjectionable, even desirable, in and of themselves, but their ubiquitous appearance across the internet has turned them into instant design clichés.
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There were multiple offers and the property went under contract in about a month, a indicator that downtown apartment conversion projects in the last decade are attractive to investors who see occupancies remaining strong.
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Here’s how the new numbers make a transaction a lot more attractive for Musk and his fellow SpaceX shareholders, at least in theory.
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The intentions are noble and the themes are handled with admirable complexity, but the writing is sluggish.
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Widow’s Bay has an admirable relationship with its own lore, veering away from the pure mystery-box approach of treating its secrets as sacred and unknowable.
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Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson just stopped Haiti's best opportunity to score all night, on a corner kick that found the head of Haiti's Ade and deflected backward on an angle directly into the goal.
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The Marlins improve to 38-38 and are an MLB-best 12-4 in June.
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Founded by Marc-André Roy and Jared Etzel in 2012, Domaine Roy & Fils is known for its elegant interpretations of Burgundy-style Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, so this complex but somewhat lighthearted rosé comes as a pleasant surprise.
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Beautiful Friday evening in Baltimore Temperatures will cool back into the 70s after sunset, with a pleasant breeze and low humidity - beautiful for the opening evening of AFRAM.
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“Enviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviable. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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