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to treat with great or excessive care
pamper a sick child
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Recent Examples of pampered
Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
His wife, Sydney Bowles, or Lady Redesdale, was the pampered daughter of the media baron Thomas Gibson Bowles, who, among other ventures, founded Vanity Fair.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2026
Watch birthday pup get pampered.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The character of Ainsley could so easily be unlikeable—pampered, beautiful, wealthy—but Randolph injects heart, rounding her edges and giving her substance.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
His wife, Sydney Bowles, or Lady Redesdale, was the pampered daughter of the media baron Thomas Gibson Bowles, who, among other ventures, founded Vanity Fair.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
On a recent flight, I was pampered with five windows plus a separate armchair and chaise-style sofa that combine to form what the airline bills as the longest seat in commercial aviation.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2026
Watch birthday pup get pampered.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pampered
Adjective
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More and more Americans across the spectrum see Netanyahu’s Israel as a spoiled child, and they’re just fed up with it.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Other warning signs include a damaged or opened lid and an unusual or spoiled smell.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Voters may soon be able to decide whether to impose a one-time tax on the state's wealthiest residents, aimed at raising cash to cope with federal cuts and the state budget deficit.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But isn’t this, at least in spirit, what many on the left criticize when wealthy taxpayers find ways to avoid paying more?—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the District of Columbia, even affluent families have access to two full years of prekindergarten, while neighboring Virginia has a far less robust program.—
Moriah Balingit,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Its outdated business model, exorbitant levels of debt, and years of general mismanagement is unloved by investors and out of step with what the market demands today — more premium seating targeting affluent and business travelers.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The firm, founded in 2005, was intended to disrupt the stuffily old-fashioned approach that dominated luxe travel, with the goal of broaden its appeal to a younger moneyed clientele.—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2026
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Membership has its privileges, as Ogilvy’s memorable ad slogan for American Express went, and those privileges are of the monied variety.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pampered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pampered. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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