1
as in to delight
to give satisfaction to
fresh flowers please me greatly
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2
as in to want
to see fit
clearly, you are going to do as you please no matter what I advise
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Recent Examples of please
Sabrina Carpenter had the best reaction when a person online wasn’t too please please pleased with her 2025 Met Gala look.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 May 2025
This philosophy underpins both her personal approach and her design work—creating spaces that confidently express a point of view rather than trying to please everyone.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
But the viewer wasn’t the only one the jewelry designer sought to please.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
Al-Qaida had published a document that said Harry’s assassination would please Muslims, and he and his wife were involved in a dangerous pursuit by paparazzi in New York.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 May 2025
This philosophy underpins both her personal approach and her design work—creating spaces that confidently express a point of view rather than trying to please everyone.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
But the viewer wasn’t the only one the jewelry designer sought to please.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
Al-Qaida had published a document that said Harry’s assassination would please Muslims, and he and his wife were involved in a dangerous pursuit by paparazzi in New York.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for please
Verb
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This has delighted Cruise's fans online, who can't stop posting about Cruise's love for a buttery tub.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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With more than 155,000 upvotes on TikTok, Milo's inclusion in his owner's daily prayers delighted internet users.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The organization supports progressive candidates who want to run for local office.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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One month later, the bank reopened the second round for bidders, and Earle and her husband wanted to visit the house again.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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Interviews with the soldiers and Russian opinion surveys show that such a truce would also fail to satisfy a large part of Russian society.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Designed to satisfy North American tastes, Nutella Peanut will blend the traditional creamy recipe from 1964 with the flavor of roasted peanuts.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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As part of the settlement, students in the club who wish to participate in the game will be able to do so with a parental permission slip.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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States With Medicaid Requirements Released For Public Comment Iowa, South Carolina and Utah are all wishing for amendments to be made to their state policies regarding Medicaid work requirements and each are still at the public comment stage of the process.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Scientists believe some of these palm-sized coral babies — 1,050 of them in total — contain the special ingredients to stave off a warming ocean that has damaged 84% of the world’s reefs since 2023.—
Max Chesnes,
Sun Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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The institute’s former director, James Hansen, was the first scientist to sound the alarm to Congress, in 1988, about greenhouse gases that were warming Earth.—
Sharon Otterman,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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There are two classe s to choose from every Tuesday -- 9:15-11:15 a.m. and 5:30-7:15 p.m.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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Fallout forces him to choose between them and nuclear holocaust.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Jalen Brunson, the captain, who willed this organization to this point time and time again with clutch performances, put up a cool 23 points.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But like a car, AI only goes where the driver wills its wheels.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the 3-2 Rapids win over San Diego last month, the Rapids feasted with their press.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
15 May 2025
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Other images showed one anemone, measuring less than an inch, feasting on a 4-inch marine worm over the course of 16 hours.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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“Please.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/please. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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