sweetie

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Recent Examples of sweetie But how about taking your sweetie to Hathor’s Festival of Love? Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025 Nearly all sammies are eligible for the deal — just The Beast, 5 Meat Italian and the Garlic Roast Beef aren’t part of the discount — and the promo can be used once per order. Don’t forget about a sweet for your sweetie! Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 As the candles burn down, Brooke finds her feelings for her stand-in sweetie might just be the real deal. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 Last month, Max dropped a collegiate romcom called Sweethearts, about a pair of freshmen (played by Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga) who vow to drop-kick their high school sweeties over Thanksgiving break. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sweetie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetie
Noun
  • Paul, the perennially viral, soft-swinging, sometimes problematic yet incredibly watchable mommy influencer turned reality star via Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is the next sweetheart looking for love on ABC’s 20-year-old dating show.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Volman was married to his high school sweetheart, Patricia Lee Hickey, for 25 years from 1967 to 1992.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the previous Emmy darling, which won 11 awards at the 2024 Primetime Emmys, didn't win any prizes during this year's show.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Bulls were the early-season darlings of the Group of Five, thanks to back-to-back upsets over Boise State and Florida.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Frankly, my dear, Tom Jacobsen doesn’t give a dome.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
  • Black bag, my dear — her work trip sets off a chain reaction in which George’s strength, i.e., faith in their relationship, becomes his weakness.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jordan noted that some of Hershey's market share losses over the past year have been recovering, seeing improvement in the seasonal, sweets and mints categories.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Eulalia resumes selling sweets outside prison, and Bedoya maintains influence even from incarceration.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Sweetie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetie. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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