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
Offstage, the millionaire rapper indulges in equally enviable passions.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
The Green Bay Packers are in an enviable position these days.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The naming of poems is a difficult matter, and a knack for it, like Lang’s, is a minor but enviable gift.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Decorating with a few big baskets of flowers is one of the simplest ways to make your fall front porch especially enviable.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
The Green Bay Packers are in an enviable position these days.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The naming of poems is a difficult matter, and a knack for it, like Lang’s, is a minor but enviable gift.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Decorating with a few big baskets of flowers is one of the simplest ways to make your fall front porch especially enviable.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviable
Adjective
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And for traveling aesthetes, great-looking new hotels, restaurants, wineries, and galleries might make the Algarve even more desirable.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Egypt and Sudan have competing maps of the border, but because of the crisscrossing of those boundaries, Bir Tawil would belong to whichever nation relinquished its claim on a larger, more desirable area.—
Richard Collett,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Passive funds are attractive because, with their investment fees typically running ~80% lower than active funds, they’re viewed as a cheaper way to own a diverse assortment of stocks.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, its attractive exterior design and simple, modern cabin are welcoming.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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As if lying there playing dead while gradient coils conjure an otherworldly racket that best mimics a mashup of jackhammers and Philip Glass were an admirable skill.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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One sees admirable narrative drive in writers like Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Joseph Conrad, who did their work without the benefit of motion pictures, and as a result don’t have the same clarity of vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, on his eighth touch, Payne turned a good play into a disaster.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Arsenal’s second-half performance here was arguably their best of the campaign.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Fortunately, there's usually plenty of pleasant autumn days after the first frost to tackle the remaining fall gardening tasks at a more leisurely rate.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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Today the Moon in your sign is dancing with fair Venus creating pleasant feelings between you and everyone else.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Enviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviable. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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