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dear

adjective as in beloved, favorite

adjective as in very expensive

noun as in beloved person

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This performance, one especially dear to Mr. Nakadai, still haunts, at once repelling viewers while somehow eliciting their sympathy.

In a tribute released by her office, Baroness Newlove was described as "a committed and passionate advocate for victims... a dear friend and a respected colleague" who "transformed" the role of victims' commissioner.

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"Helen was a committed and passionate advocate for victims," her office said in a statement, adding that she was a "dear friend and a respected colleague" who "transformed" the role of commissioner.

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Life can get really hard, and it oftentimes does, and you forget about those precious moments, those snapshots of life that become our little forevers that we hold dear and cherish.

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"AI is here to stay, to gatekeep its capability would be against the beliefs I hold dear about art," he said.

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

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