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Your stepmother might say: “Of course, my dear, that makes perfect sense. I appreciate you telling me in advance.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Hi Dear” is another appeal for romantic recognition flavored with the feel of Holly’s “Words of Love”: “Hi, dear / I know you still care about me / Even when you don’t let it show.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

If I had, I would have said: Jared and Steve are trusted members of the president’s team and very dear friends.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Music festivals have been under threat for years, with dozens calling it a day and many others seemingly just about hanging on for dear life.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Below him, there was Glory, gripping the branch for dear life, and behind her Llewelyn.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

“We didn’t keep that,” she said, “but I loved learning what Lydia would do if she could. ‘Eyes forward dears, we are not sitting comfortably in a class room.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

I would think to myself, Oh, my dears, if you could only see who you are speaking to and how hard they work.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024

By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016

According to Dr Williams, this translates as: "I expect a letter very soon, and that my dears are very well, and so night dear my dears."

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2011

For a while she thought of herself as a kind of medical Chaucer, whose wards thronged with colorful types, coves, topers, old hats, nice dears with a sinister secret to tell.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"We bring our children and teenagers alongside us so they can see military training, and whenever our leader, dearer than our lives, gives the command, we will all come to the field," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

"The further down towards Enniskillen you go, the dearer it's getting - the cheapest I saw was £1.64," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

But in 2023, artists also took another step in reclaiming aspects of our humanity and holding them a little dearer.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

She writes, “I have found the paintings”—clearly she didn’t have them hanging up—and they are now even dearer to me.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

It’s a recipe that’s meant to be shared and enjoyed with your dearest loved ones.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Two of my dearest friends travel under ethnically neutral names that their parents changed from obviously Jewish ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

She said the death had "shattered our family" and that her sister was the "dearest and most innocent member".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

“Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, two of my dearest friends, a young cameraman and his wife, were killed in a terrible car accident.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick