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Adjective
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Heading outside, the open-plan sports deck is designed for lounging, dining, and entertaining, the sun deck offers space for relaxing at anchor, and the sea deck is geared toward water sports.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Carpenter was the epitome of poise, delivering an energetic and entertaining performance on stage while controlling the moment with a quick wit between songs.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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More Getty Images What made his Saturday round at Sedgefield Country Club more amusing was the birdie surge.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Also, the British themselves are generally strange and amusing.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 July 2025
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So the design team, led by Kristin Byrd of Gensler, zeroed in on making the public spaces look and feel more intimate and more soothing on a site that's traditionally soaking up the summer sun and its heat.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Warm and soothing neutral tones permeate the interiors, permitting the products to project.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
4 Aug. 2025
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By 2015, however, Huntington Park had become so hospitable to immigrants that a city councilmember appointed two of them living in the country illegally to serve on city commissions — a first in California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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One expert associated with RMS Titanic, Inc. remarked that outer space was more hospitable and easier to reach.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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The movie’s most affecting moments are between Lynette and her brother, played with disarming cheerful innocence by Gottsagen and with alarming distress when Kenny is placed in tense situations.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Others expressed their appreciation for the remodel, calling it bright and cheerful.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While a computer science degree can help, what matters most is being comfortable with large language models, natural language processing, and basic programming.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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He’s never sounded more confident or comfortable, a thrilling promise of what’s to come from him in the future.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
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That would be Britain Covey, an amiable, 5-foot-8 wide receiver and punt returner who’s so diminutive that he’s been denied entry into players’ parking lots in the past and recently was mistaken for a member of the Rams’ front office.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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Their presence becomes a brief, joyous interruption.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The internet has shared in a joyous moment between a couple as a man saw his girlfriend's natural hair for the first time, and appeared to instantly fall in love again.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Recreative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreative. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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