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to take pleasure in
visit again real soon, for I relish your company
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Recent Examples of relished
Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Onstage at Kiss concerts, Frehley relished his time to shine.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
But more than that, a good person, but a person who really relished his role, and knew what his role was with the team.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dafoe, who’d been itching to work with the Argentine filmmaker for quite some time, clearly relished the chance to make this collaboration a fruitful one.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
After missing a chunk of ’22 due to injuries and most of ’23 due to offseason elbow surgery, Story relished in his first truly healthy Red Sox preseason in ’24, only to suffer a shoulder subluxation requiring surgery eight games into the season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Both professionally and personally, Culver relished little more than juicy stories about colorful characters.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Williams even relished reading — and eventually watching — the insane moments that didn’t directly involve Kimmie, especially Rain (Amber Reign) and Alex (Bryan Tanaka) getting sweet, bloody revenge on the women responsible for Rain’s near-fatal BBL last season.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 19 Sep. 2025
But Wednesday wasn’t a day the executives at Disney relished.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Over his 37-year teaching and administrator career, mostly in Fort Worth schools, Serrano relished his 13 years at North Side High School as Camelot days.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Onstage at Kiss concerts, Frehley relished his time to shine.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
But more than that, a good person, but a person who really relished his role, and knew what his role was with the team.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dafoe, who’d been itching to work with the Argentine filmmaker for quite some time, clearly relished the chance to make this collaboration a fruitful one.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
After missing a chunk of ’22 due to injuries and most of ’23 due to offseason elbow surgery, Story relished in his first truly healthy Red Sox preseason in ’24, only to suffer a shoulder subluxation requiring surgery eight games into the season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Both professionally and personally, Culver relished little more than juicy stories about colorful characters.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Williams even relished reading — and eventually watching — the insane moments that didn’t directly involve Kimmie, especially Rain (Amber Reign) and Alex (Bryan Tanaka) getting sweet, bloody revenge on the women responsible for Rain’s near-fatal BBL last season.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 19 Sep. 2025
But Wednesday wasn’t a day the executives at Disney relished.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relished
Verb
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Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch, and KJ Apa enjoyed a mini Riverdale reunion at their former costar Camila Mendes' surprise engagement party over the weekend.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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The slightly older cohort of Gen Zers enjoyed thousands more open roles and half the competition that their peers face today.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lots of boys wanted to be like him, to be accepted, given attention, admired and loved by teachers, but the rest of us were looked down upon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 6-year-old Siberian husky was described as a very high-energy dog who loved stuffed animals and swimming.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The compensation was not so universally appreciated.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The analyst contends that AT&T’s broadband opportunity remains an under-appreciated component of the company’s annual financial growth prospects.—
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CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The article alleges that Gretchen liked a bunch of posts critical of the LGBTQIA+ community, one that every Housewife around that table and Real Housewives as an institution has supported from the very beginning.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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She was described as someone who liked tennis, loved kids and whose favorite color was purple.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Undertaker is one of the most revered and legendary figures in the history of professional wrestling.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Further evidence that Jay Kelly’s path to the Oscars runs through the revered Hollywood of old.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At the outset of his trip Haeckel was still shaken from the death, probably by suicide, of one of his professors, the esteemed physician and marine biologist Johannes Müller.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Our post-production executive was Verna Fields, the esteemed editor who’d shaped Jaws for Steven Spielberg.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even the cherished identification between newspaper work and literature has largely disappeared.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Kardashians stars have owned many animals throughout the years — including a peacock, lizards, dogs, cats and more — and each one is a cherished member of the family.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Relished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relished. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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