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as in affectionate
feeling or showing love
they were a loving family, supporting each other when times were bad
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2
as in careful
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
the homemade costume clearly showed the loving work that had gone into it
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as in valuing
to hold dear
patriots who loved their country well enough to die for it
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as in adoring
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
a husband who loves his wife more than anything
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as in enjoying
to take pleasure in
I love playing Frisbee in the summer rain
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as in caressing
to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner
the baby responded to my caresses and kisses by loving me right back
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Recent Examples of loving
Sherri Gordon, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
Jason Hughes was a loving husband, a devoted father; a passionate teacher, mentor, and coach who was loved and respected by students and colleagues.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Megan Shinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Additional fun kid-friendly options include a ramen-making class at nearby Musoshin and traditional kimono dressing and hair styling, which my dress-up loving daughter adored, paired with a lively rickshaw ride.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Like many parents, your central concern is likely creating a safe, loving, and stable environment for your child.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
Jason Hughes was a loving husband, a devoted father; a passionate teacher, mentor, and coach who was loved and respected by students and colleagues.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
Success means healthy, well-behaved, and in a new, loving home.
—Megan Shinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Additional fun kid-friendly options include a ramen-making class at nearby Musoshin and traditional kimono dressing and hair styling, which my dress-up loving daughter adored, paired with a lively rickshaw ride.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loving
Adjective
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Top marks to the dog for being adorably affectionate.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Stephen seems to have been an affectionate husband until the end.—
Isle McElroy,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is not the first time the United States has taken careful aim in Iran and shot its own feet.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kang noted that Demon Hunters’ visual style was consciously shaped by her lifelong love of anime and manhwa — Korean comics and graphic novels — and executed with careful attention to Korean linguistic and cultural nuances, even though the film’s lingua franca is American English.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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When the company announced a new round of funding, valuing Anthropic at $350 billion, Amodei ran off to Switzerland and left me in the lurch.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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At a time when many of us worry (some more sensitively than others) about film becoming a niche art form, that kind of democratic success is worth valuing.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Chuck Norris, the martial artist and action movie icon whose toughness became an increasingly exaggerated legend among his adoring fans, has died.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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All the adoring Yanks were ready to appoint her queen on the spot, but queen of what?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Head’s up—the property is designed to get you out of the rooms and enjoying Baja’s natural wonders, or even the property’s own amenities like the spa, infinity pool, and the open-air common area known as the living room (hammocks, rattan lounge pillows).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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Then, just to flub any chance for enjoying some dumb fun with a skilled cast hamming it up, the sloppy story grinds the all-too-predictable, all-too-lame whodunit to a halt, as well.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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The basis of the important therapy stems from studies showing that holding and caressing an animal provides benefits such as relaxation, lower blood pressure, decreasing anxiety, and increasing positivity, according to the news release.—
Dawn Giangiulio,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Following a meticulous four-year renovation, creative directors Kirstin Bailey and Paul Haslhofer have carefully preserved the building’s historic bones while introducing a more contemporary aesthetic.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Colleagues described him as a meticulous investigator and a committed trainer who brought humor and patience to his work.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The book was more of a cherishing exercise than a grieving exercise.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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The garments are purposefully ratty, as if to prove that signs of wear and tear are also signs of cherishing.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Loving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loving. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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