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enviable

[en-vee-uh-buhl] / ˈɛn vi ə bəl /


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The seven-part limited series, which aired its second episode Sunday, subverts expectations at every turn, from its peculiar characters to the layered storytelling of writer-showrunner-director Steven Conrad to the nuanced performances of an enviable cast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He argues that these hard-hit software companies have enviable mature businesses, with thousands of enterprise customers and contracts stretching over years.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

In his seven-figure Olympian existence, we can step out of our solitary pining into an enviable characterization, one that is seldom offered to characters that look and love like us.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

This wedding offered a special attraction, for the bridegroom was a handsome, well-liked man—the tenor of Mount Zion’s Men’s Quartet, who had an enviable reputation among the girls and a comfortable one among men.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison