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dear

adjective as in beloved, favorite

adjective as in very expensive

noun as in beloved person

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Pahlawan told her: "Such is the nature of the job, my dear, such is the nature of the job."

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"Rik was a dear, dear friend - we had our very first professional associations together, which resulted in a spectacular success with The Young Ones," he told BBC Hereford and Worcester.

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“We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind,” his family added.

When these run out, wind and solar will struggle to fill their place thanks to the high cost of natural materials, which will grow more dear as their supplies also dwindle.

Survivors of the Nova festival massacre said they were "heartbroken and deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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