1
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 worshiping
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
a husband who loves his wife more than anything
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3
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
Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The loving couple were also snapped heading for a fun night out and rapper 21 Savage was seen walking alongside them.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
There are more skin-loving ingredients beyond TFC8 in The Foundation Drops.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Tracy is a loving mom and grandma who has thrived professionally over the past 40 years but is ready to thrive in her love life too.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The loving couple were also snapped heading for a fun night out and rapper 21 Savage was seen walking alongside them.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Lewis’s own fantasy epic, The Chronicles of Narnia, aligns with Tolkien’s tree-loving sentiments.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
There are more skin-loving ingredients beyond TFC8 in The Foundation Drops.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loving
Adjective
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Yum Yum is marginal to the investigative action, but affectionate and pretty.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Both coaches and players have been respectful of the other team all week, careful not to produce any bulletin board material.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Insurers increasingly focus on valuing and protecting intangibles—intellectual property, data, brand IP—rather than physical assets.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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That followed a $100 million round led by Tiger Global Management with and investors including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at $1 billion.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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These staples are made for traveling light, mixing and matching, and actually enjoying your fall plans without stressing over what to wear.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
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Season three finds former British spy Sylvia Fox, played by Silent Witness star Emilia Fox, mentally and physically recovered from her abduction at the end Season 2 and back to enjoying her life in Italy.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Young Pope star was seen caressing Coan’s back and whispering in her ear.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The singer was spotted in pictures shared to social media, gently caressing the baby bump of his romantic partner.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Chicharito also benefitted from his market placement in LA, in his case mainly due to the proximity to an adoring Mexican fanbase throughout Southern California.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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In some cases, like his calls to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Mr. Trump has promised changes that many of his most adoring fans in Europe have stopped well short of.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Reid is also meticulous with focusing on details, and Kansas City is usually better in this area than its opponents.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Paul Greengrass and Blumhouse might seem like an odd mix, the former perhaps best known for his meticulous, sensitive docudramas, the latter most famous for low-budget, high-yield genre movies.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshiping.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Even if the majority of their fans have given up on this quest, and moved on to the ritual of worshipping all things football, there is an unofficial magic number that if the Rangers reach would nearly guarantee a partial salvage of this season.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Loving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loving. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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