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Recent Examples of infatuations
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.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuations
Noun
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Having harbored secret crushes on each other at the time, the two might get a second chance at romance as they are reunited years later when Tyler crosses paths with Bode.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Dec. 2025
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Pour yourself into your poetry, your crushes, your late-night brainstorms.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His passions outside of covering baseball are his wife, Gina, his two step kids, two crazy dogs & barbecue.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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But their weekend is interrupted by an unexpected visitor whose presence tests the limits of mutual desire and causes passions to collide, leading to fatal consequences.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Infatuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuations. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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