1
as in to delight
to give satisfaction to
fresh flowers please me greatly
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2
as in to want
to see fit
clearly, you are going to do as you please no matter what I advise
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Recent Examples of please
For the crowd pleasing event, the smallest riders do their best to hang onto a sheep bareback.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Short-Term Cost Cuts and Long-Term Capability Investment – Reducing budgets can please investors in the next quarter, but undermines the capacity to compete five years from now.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The ridiculously nourishing formula leaves you glistening but never greasy, with the coconut, açai, and brazil nut oils restoring suppleness to a level that pleased our testers as much as its tropical, coconutty scent and mess-free pump.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The thinking among some academics and business leaders goes that requiring companies to disclose their finances every quarter, as the US has done since 1970, exacerbates Corporate America’s obsession with pleasing the stock market in the short term rather than focusing on long-term value creation.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Short-Term Cost Cuts and Long-Term Capability Investment – Reducing budgets can please investors in the next quarter, but undermines the capacity to compete five years from now.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The ridiculously nourishing formula leaves you glistening but never greasy, with the coconut, açai, and brazil nut oils restoring suppleness to a level that pleased our testers as much as its tropical, coconutty scent and mess-free pump.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The thinking among some academics and business leaders goes that requiring companies to disclose their finances every quarter, as the US has done since 1970, exacerbates Corporate America’s obsession with pleasing the stock market in the short term rather than focusing on long-term value creation.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for please
Verb
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The guests were delighted by the surprise fireworks show.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Girl Violence, the result of that introspection, announces Strauss’ new chapter with songs that bloom and twist around themselves, echoing the fear and delight and increasing clear-eyedness that came along with each fresh experience.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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Reading between the lines of his comments, Stefanski may not have wanted to expose Gabriel, who's second on Cleveland's depth chart, to such a stymieing Green Bay defense.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now, Montblanc wants to enter the tech sphere with a new digital writing pad, inspired by its century of experience producing pens.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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As a former investment banker at JPMorgan in London, he was dismayed with the lack of late-night delivery options that could satisfy his appetite working 100-hour weeks.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Consider the health plan that implements comprehensive provider data accuracy not to satisfy regulators, but to enable predictive network optimization.—
Tammy Hawes,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Surely nothing is sadder than Christmas in a state of solitude, and nothing more fervently wished for than Christmas in the company of another.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those wishing to relive the 200-meter dash showdown can watch the race here on the World Athletics YouTube channel.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Instead of directly producing explosions by melting shallow permafrost, a warming environment means lakes and thawed zones become more common and frozen ground along fault lines becomes weaker.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
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Reheat at 375°F until warmed and re-crisped, about 10 to 12 minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg publicly disagreed with former Vice President Kamala Harris’s judgment in deciding against choosing him as vice president.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Castlery Fall Collection includes other sofas and recliners to choose from.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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More:Stellantis dealers glad Tavares is out, but now concern grows for the future Contact Jamie L. LaReau: jlareau@freepress.com.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Frazier kept tapping his own face, either to will himself on or simply to try to clear his limited vision.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bengals backup quarterback Jake Browning did enough to will his team to a last-second victory over the Jaguars on Sunday.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Please.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/please. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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