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Recent Examples of likability
Depth, feeling, stakes and likability.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
In assessing greatness, likability matters to me.
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Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Foundation of trust That trust is built on an impressive resume and likability.
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George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Because even in the really good bad guy parts, there’s often a likability to the character.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.
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Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
And despite their eminent likability, Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle — in the central roles of Catherine and her father, Robert — may even be the wrong actors.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Tiger’s likability, or Q Score, was 11 earlier in the year and below the average sports personality score of 13.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 Apr. 2026
The film’s relentless likability leans on a few ticks.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
In assessing greatness, likability matters to me.
—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Foundation of trust That trust is built on an impressive resume and likability.
—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Because even in the really good bad guy parts, there’s often a likability to the character.
—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.
—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
And despite their eminent likability, Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle — in the central roles of Catherine and her father, Robert — may even be the wrong actors.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Tiger’s likability, or Q Score, was 11 earlier in the year and below the average sports personality score of 13.
—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 Apr. 2026
The film’s relentless likability leans on a few ticks.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likability
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Using a Beatles motif, the English drew on their reserves of cultural capital to boost the country’s attractiveness at a time when the country’s citizens have an acute sense of losing their place in the world.
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By the time of The Social Reckoning, a website that was once used to rate the attractiveness of women has gone on to disrupt global politics on a frightening scale.
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Not much thoughtfulness, period.
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And Kimmel, who has never been accused of thoughtfulness or thoroughness, claiming that Colbert's contract offer proves something is once again wrong.
Noun
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The board member who survives every conversation about them has been preserved not by respect but by politeness.
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Good bathroom etiquette here is less about politeness than safety, since a crowded aisle is something the crew would rather avoid.
Noun
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How is one not enamored of the Dutch fans’ togetherness and cheerfulness, or the costumes and smiles of the Japanese fans?
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Finns may not be known for demonstrative cheerfulness, nor necessarily for being makers of excessively happy music.
Noun
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The argument that the book makes is that, again, courage and civility -- only courage and civility will save us.
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Beginning in her early teens, Joyce loved watching Kirk’s debates on Instagram, seeing in them not carefully honed rhetorical tactics but authentic civility.
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In 2023, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, unveiled a grandiose, if vague, project called the Global Civilization Initiative, which proposed an appeal to comity between civilizations and cultures—something of a Chinese counterpoint to the Western status quo.
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In a way, the intrusion of violence into the otherwise festive dinner did manage to galvanize a sense of comity between bitter political rivals.
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That isn’t to say that Buffett conducts business with blind cheeriness and optimism — nor did Murphy, Buffett said.
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But that cheeriness might be starting to wear off.
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Jacie Prieto Lopez, LA28’s vice president of communications and public affairs, said in a statement that her organization is pleased to forward the agreement to the council for consideration.
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According to data from Sports Business Classroom, some cash consideration offerings in transactions alongside players ran well into the multimillion-dollar range.
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“Likability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likability. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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