love affairs

noun

plural of love affair
1
as in affairs
a brief romantic relationship the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not

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as in likings
positive regard for something a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car

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Recent Examples of love affairs The result is a strange, bewitching experiment in autobiography, in which there are no friendships or love affairs, just exquisite digressions on life-changing texts. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Aside from happy love affairs that usually turn into friendships, there might seem from the outside to be too little family in my life. — Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 Instead, dabble in secret love affairs, or explore avenues in travel, medicine, the law and publishing. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The movie follows the life of feisty belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), from growing up on a plantation to her love affairs, including with roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Could the modern classic sitcom about a group of disgruntled office workers' love affairs, friendships, falling outs, and petty squabbles be made today? — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 After the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes, an economist whose personal life was full of love affairs with leading literary figures, suggested that governments could prevent, or at least moderate, these booms and busts. — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026 Long before Madonna, Bardot pursued several love affairs with men on her own terms and was unapologetic about her hedonistic behavior and lifestyle in a pre-feminist era. — Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
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  1. affairs
  2. likes
  3. romances
  4. appetites
Noun
  • But Southeast Asian coordination may happen without ASEAN’s guidance, argues Hans Vriens, co-founder and managing partner of government affairs consultancy Vriens & Partners.
    — Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Branca quickly stepped in to manage his affairs, and his lawyers have long credited him with transforming Jackson’s estate from one saddled with more than $500 million in debt into an enterprise valued at roughly $2 billion.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of affairs
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  • Within 48 hours, the video had drawn nearly 500,000 views, more than 30,000 likes and 2,300 comments.
    — Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • That post earned almost 3,000 likes and more than 400 shares, boosting a strong turnout by Thursday morning.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of likes
Noun
  • But romances, especially of the sort SJM has written in the past, usually develop through tropes, such as enemies-to-lovers or second-chance romance.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Monster romances embrace the transgression by offering up the most extreme scenarios possible to titillate and (on occasion) challenge prevailing mores.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of romances
Noun
  • People are eating in and consuming less as rising costs squeeze Americans’ budgets and as GLP-1s shrink people’s appetites.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Even in cases in which the alliance could act collectively, such as through offensive cyber-operations, doing so requires consensus among 32 countries that have very different histories, domestic politics, and appetites for risk.
    — Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of appetites

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