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as in darlings
a person with whom one is in love
I married my high-school sweetheart as soon as we both finished college
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as in beauties
something very good of its kind
a charming waterfront cottage that's a real sweetheart
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Recent Examples of sweethearts
Michael Cincinati and Amanda Price were high school sweethearts.
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Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
24 June 2026
Katie and Devin’s pregnancy announcement came less than a year after the high school sweethearts tied the knot in July 2025.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The childhood sweethearts have become parents themselves.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
21 June 2026
Cody and his wife Rebecca, high-school sweethearts, shared their first date at a Waylon Jennings-Jessi Colter concert in Louisville and were married in 1980.
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Stephen L. Betts,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
Mo’Nique and Sidney Hicks Mo’Nique and Sidney Hicks were high school sweethearts before Hicks became Mo'Nique's manager.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
The couple were high school sweethearts and went on to elope in 1989 at the height of Bon Jovi's fame.
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Lori A Bashian Fox News,
Fox News,
27 Dec. 2024
With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife, tensions are running high.
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Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
He was born in the late '90s Ian and his wife, Alisa Beth Terry, met as college sweethearts at Syracuse University and married on June 12, 1993.
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Nasha Smith,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
24 June 2026
Katie and Devin’s pregnancy announcement came less than a year after the high school sweethearts tied the knot in July 2025.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The childhood sweethearts have become parents themselves.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
21 June 2026
Cody and his wife Rebecca, high-school sweethearts, shared their first date at a Waylon Jennings-Jessi Colter concert in Louisville and were married in 1980.
—
Stephen L. Betts,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
Mo’Nique and Sidney Hicks Mo’Nique and Sidney Hicks were high school sweethearts before Hicks became Mo'Nique's manager.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
The couple were high school sweethearts and went on to elope in 1989 at the height of Bon Jovi's fame.
—
Lori A Bashian Fox News,
Fox News,
27 Dec. 2024
With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife, tensions are running high.
—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
He was born in the late '90s Ian and his wife, Alisa Beth Terry, met as college sweethearts at Syracuse University and married on June 12, 1993.
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Nasha Smith,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweethearts
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Knicks celebrate Fresh-off-the-title darlings Deuce McBride and Tyler Kolek swap confetti for ocean breezes at Montauk’s hot spot Bounce Beach.
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Outside of the hospital, Emmy darlings Julianne Nicholson and Allison Janney should score nominations for their work on Paradise and The Diplomat, respectively.
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Cotton Candy Grapes These high-sugar green beauties really do taste like cotton candy.
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The best office chairs on Amazon can fix that, ranging from our favorite overall, Herman Miller’s Aeron Office Chair, to ergonomic beauties from Branch, Flexispot, and Haworth that come cosigned by AD staffers.
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May these two sweeties never travel to Russia ever again.
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As the nation turns 250 years old, USA TODAY decided to create a time capsule, not of items but of dreams Americans hold for the country’s future.
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.
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In the aftermath of her husband’s death, Hollis decides to host a weekend on Nantucket with girlfriends from different eras of her life (played by stars Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, D'Arcy Carden and Gemma Chan).
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On June 6, Bunnie posted another video of herself enjoying the serene outdoors with some girlfriends.
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From artisan bakeries and farmers markets to homemade loaves bubbling on kitchen counters, sourdough has developed a devoted following among food lovers.
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Toni and Shakira appeared to be in trouble after one of the show’s most meta humiliation rituals, in which the group is treated to a showing of clips of themselves having private conversations about their castmates and lovers.
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By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.
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By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
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“Sweethearts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweethearts. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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