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pampering

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noun

pampering

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verb

present participle of pamper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pampering
Adjective
  • Let go of the past and tone down indulgent behavior.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Curry’s Jamaican heritage inspires a menu that feels both indulgent and approachable.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Side effects are usually mild, primarily affecting the digestive system.
    Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • However, infections are usually mild compared to other forms of bacterial pneumonia.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low to maintain a very gentle simmer for 2 hours.
    Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
  • That’s fast enough to trigger vortices, but gentle enough to preserve the quantum phase.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But those who can effectively make the business case using data are the ones who are usually able to get additional budget priority and consideration.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The bad news then is that the preponderance of users is blindly unaware of this rather significant consideration when using generative AI, namely that the answers are not 100% certain all the time.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Californians have pushed back on the rise in crime, most notably by recalling, in 2022, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a left-wing prosecutor who favored a lenient approach to criem.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In general, ancient Egypt had a more lenient perspective toward the legislative and legal position of women, but this was diminished in some capacity when the region became part of the Roman Empire in the first century B.C.E., Naether says.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Discrete levels are filled with an array of obstacles and enemies, some of which culminate in gigantic bosses whose easygoing challenge offers a merciful break from the likes of Elden Ring.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Some are kept affordable by other government subsidies, by merciful landlords or by states, including California, Colorado and New York, that have worked to keep them low-cost by relying on several levers.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • My husband — a brooding New Yorker, polite and tolerant of much — broke on the seventh day of our family vacation.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The poet should be tolerant, disinterested, clear-eyed about long-standing animosities but not constrained by them.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • In 2016 in California, Hindu-nationalist groups claimed that sixth-grade textbooks were biased against Hindus and demanded they be revised to give a kindlier depiction of the caste system, and to downplay the role of patriarchy in India.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • But the kindly decision wasn't popular with the pup, who clearly didn't want to give up any of his beloved toys.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

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“Pampering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pampering. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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