tender loving care

noun

: extra attention to make someone or something look or feel better

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The fleet management, again, the repair, these are very, very sophisticated vehicles and machines that need lots of tender loving care. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026 The comedian explains that during SNL’s season, Sundays are typically her off days and are reserved for some TLC (tender loving care). Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025 For the couple, that meant more than just a little tender loving care and some minor construction improvements. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025 If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover. Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025 With this kind of tender loving care, Godzilla may be rampaging through Tokyo for yet another 70 years. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023 Aerospace oversaw all the launches in the Mercury and Gemini programs, and the company impressed on every contractor the importance of tender loving care—paying attention to every detail. IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018

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“Tender loving care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tender%20loving%20care. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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