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
The film features an enviable supporting cast, including Jeremy Strong (as Springsteen’s longtime manager and co-producer Jon Landau), Stephen Graham and Gaby Hoffmann (as Bruce’s parents), Paul Walter Hauser, David Krumholtz, and Odessa Young.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
The Oscar-winning actor has spent the past few decades building up an enviable portfolio to match her A-list resume.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
It’s been 22 years since Anna (Lohan) and Tess Coleman (Curtis) switched bodies — giving us a classic makeover montage and many enviable looks — and now the mother and daughter are returning to cinemas on August 8, for what’s amping up to be another fashion spectacle.
—Victoria Montalti, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
The Oscar-winning actor has spent the past few decades building up an enviable portfolio to match her A-list resume.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
It’s been 22 years since Anna (Lohan) and Tess Coleman (Curtis) switched bodies — giving us a classic makeover montage and many enviable looks — and now the mother and daughter are returning to cinemas on August 8, for what’s amping up to be another fashion spectacle.
—Victoria Montalti, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviable
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While cruise line operators are enjoying a surge in popularity after the pandemic badly battered the industry—and Carnival itself reported an all-time high of $25 billion in annual revenue in 2024—investments in AI and other technologies could make travel by ship even more desirable.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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In Mexico, English and Spanish are desirable; in Canada, French is considered an asset.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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They can be used in place of dill leaves or in combination with them for an attractive presentation.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of the very attractive features of the amplituhedron, one that was noticed right away by Arkani-Hamed and Trnka, was that these two features, unitarity and locality, are necessary (but not fundamental) consequences that can be derived by using the amplituhedron framework.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Also admirable are other craft elements, notably the camera movement in two interior rotundas to capture the characters spiraling; the lighting of somber dough making scenes; and the use of songs of faith towards solemn worldbuilding, like when the Sisters cut the hair of lachrymose inductees.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Capitals have done an admirable job building a system with several high-quality young forwards, while also finding a way to stay competitive at the NHL level.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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All of the cats who tested this litter adjusted to it quickly and easily — some even had a little play date in their box, kicking and scratching, which is a good sign!—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Leisure’s best new hotels of 2021, Wander the Resort offers 10 luxurious glass-and-timber cabins along the quiet northern shores of West Lake.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sinner had left the court for a medical timeout after losing the second set, and was sweating heavily from the first set onward on a pleasant 77-degree evening.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The fact that people actually read it — that now, TFD is a fully-fledged media company with a staff of eight and a monthly audience of over 3 million women — came as a pleasant surprise.—
Chelsea Fagan,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Enviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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