as in appetites
positive regard for something
I have a liking for dark chocolate
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This supplement may be particularly helpful for people who are busy or who have low appetites.
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And with rising temperatures come slipping appetites.
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This has been a theme with AEW, which has seen the likes of Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Penta, Ricky Saints, Jade Cargill and now Danhausen achieve career-defining success in AEW’s wake.
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This usually centers on the likes of Jefferson and his local, agrarian ideal; James Madison and his counterbalancing factions; Alexander Hamilton and his distrust of the common people.
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As legacy Tex-Mex restaurants shutter their doors and Korean barbecue spots emerge across major American cities, an industry expert said the shift reflects changing consumer tastes rather than the decline of the cuisine.
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Halfway through the decade, the 2020s have already marked a significant shift in the Academy’s tastes.
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Spending several weeks working remotely from another location—or accepting a temporary work-from-anywhere assignment—can reveal whether the lifestyle truly fits your work habits and personal preferences.
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Xie Meng, founder of arthouse distributor Rediance, emphasized that audiences preferences were moving from the global to the local.
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Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
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The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
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“Likings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likings. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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