as in fan
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
an enthusiastic lover of all kinds of team sports
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Recent Examples of lover
The sun is hot, the beats are loud and Fort Lauderdale Beach is once again pulsing with the energy of the annual Tortuga Music Festival, a three-day event that brings up to 100,000 music lovers to the sand and surf for one of the city's biggest weekends of the year.
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
The highly anticipated, buzzy Sephora sale is when makeup lovers, skin care enthusiasts and beyond can shop major discounts across all brands.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Geology lovers will discover 425-million-year-old shale and limestone rocks filled with a plethora of marine fossils from when Indiana was covered by a shallow sea.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Only film-lover Bella retains a shred of optimism into adulthood, having started a new romance with a film usher.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
The highly anticipated, buzzy Sephora sale is when makeup lovers, skin care enthusiasts and beyond can shop major discounts across all brands.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Geology lovers will discover 425-million-year-old shale and limestone rocks filled with a plethora of marine fossils from when Indiana was covered by a shallow sea.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Only film-lover Bella retains a shred of optimism into adulthood, having started a new romance with a film usher.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lover
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The three-day event draws more than 100,000 fans every year for the festival, which headlines largely country music acts while raising money for marine conservation.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The fan tried to offer some context.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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But to think that suckers get an even break when insiders have information that assures them of winning is folly.—
William Mersey,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Invasive vines like Virginia creeper, English ivy, and buckthorn can strangle trees, for example, and some aggressive trees may spread via underground suckers and roots.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
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But just one year into the driver’s seat and Espinosa, and his team of executives who are now mostly enthusiasts, seem to be moving as quickly as humanly possible to deliver on that big statement.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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Austin eyes a new position as an in-house personal trainer, and Lindsay worries about the Chairwoman’s fit assistant, Eunice (Seoyeon Jang), stealing her Korean fitness-enthusiast boyfriend.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Consider, Trump is the only world leader, Pope XIV included, who not only vowed to prohibit the apocalyptic fanatics in Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but did something about it.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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And for the aviation fanatic, ice cream stick planes never made the cut.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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The actress' turn to OnlyFans recontextualizes Elizabeth's partially nude role in the 1999 raunchy teen comedy, as Nadia is recorded via webcam by hapless admirer Jim (Jason Biggs), without her knowledge, in an encounter that spirals into live spectacle.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Plaza, 41, is a longtime admirer of the Hairspray writer-director.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Lover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lover. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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