tender-minded

Definition of tender-mindednext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tender-minded
Adjective
  • Kevin Hart got sentimental sending son Hendrix off to prom — even loaning him a watch for the evening.
    Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As the next generation of NFL stars showed up in style for football's big night, Jordyn Tyson laced up his older brother Jaylon Tyson's sneakers, which held a bit of their own sentimental sports history.
    Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Not only are horror-tape collectors some of the most zealous, but those are often the rarest and most valuable.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Even the most zealous, like young Naomi Bistline, who was eventually sentenced to prison time for her role in Bateman's criminal conspiracy, show the cracks in their belief on camera.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, the mood in the air was cautiously optimistic as new and returning investors weighed the company’s direction under a new chief executive.
    Yun Li,Alex Harring,Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Blue Origin has a long way to go before achieving 100 New Glenn flights, and doing it within three years sounds overly optimistic.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Adjective
  • What social structures enabled Musk and his peers to acquire so much power, such that their messianic techno-reactionary futurism is a real threat rather than just fodder for b-rate science fiction?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That would get the doomsday Democrats and the messianic mullahs in Tehran talking.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Tender-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tender-minded. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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