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Recent Examples of infatuation
When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
The trailer tees up his infatuation rom-com style before spinning into explosive action.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
When Denji first sees Reze’s face, the sun breaks through the clouds in a burst of light in a goofy but endearing metaphor for his instant infatuation.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
The trailer tees up his infatuation rom-com style before spinning into explosive action.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
When Denji first sees Reze’s face, the sun breaks through the clouds in a burst of light in a goofy but endearing metaphor for his instant infatuation.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuation
crush
Noun
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For years, Canari, a professional piragua driver, made a living transporting visitors, including journalists, to Bajo Chiquito to see how the community was coping under a crush of migrants who arrived daily by the hundreds, and at times, thousands.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Who was your first celeb crush?—
Julie Jordan,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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