as in sweetheart
a person with whom one is in love
brought flowers home to his sweetie
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Recent Examples of sweetie
Last month, Max dropped a collegiate romcom called Sweethearts, about a pair of freshmen (played by Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga) who vow to drop-kick their high school sweeties over Thanksgiving break.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Michael Urie plays Prince Dauntless as a slightly dim, slightly fey, entirely winning sweetie.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Grant is another top-tier sweetie who seems to be expressing romantic thoughts and feelings for the first time.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
Meet Kelso, a big ol' poodle Kelso is the sweetest little sweetie.
—Megan Rose Dickey, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Michael Urie plays Prince Dauntless as a slightly dim, slightly fey, entirely winning sweetie.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Grant is another top-tier sweetie who seems to be expressing romantic thoughts and feelings for the first time.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
Meet Kelso, a big ol' poodle Kelso is the sweetest little sweetie.
—Megan Rose Dickey, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetie
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Before becoming the face of WWE's Attitude Era in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Austin was in the wrestling promotion WCW and married to his high school sweetheart Kathryn Burrhus.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Poem 3 is playful: a mock-heroic eulogy for the sparrow, now dead, whom the poet blames for making his sweetheart’s eyes swollen and red—one of a very few references to Lesbia’s physical appearance.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Searchlight dropped the project following Majors’ legal troubles; the Sundance darling was later picked up by Oscar-winning distributor Tom Ortenberg via his Briarcliff Entertainment.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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These darling cards are sure to earn you lots of compliments.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Black bag, my dear — her work trip sets off a chain reaction in which George’s strength, i.e., faith in their relationship, becomes his weakness.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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Of course, Joe and I discussed the difference and the relationship between noise and music, which was a theme dear to the futurists.—
Billboard Italy,
Billboard,
13 Jan. 2025
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Even traditional Ramadan sweets and pickles could be found.—
Eric Nagourney,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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The fact that many of us crave sweets or carbs ahead of our periods is not pure coincidence, either.—
María Quiles,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Sweetie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetie. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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