Dear and Taking

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Dear adjective - Commanding a large price.

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Taking and dear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taking" instead an adjective "Dear". dated substitute

Nearby Words: dearly, deary, dearie

Taking adjective - Very pleasing to look at.

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Dear and taking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dear" instead an adjective "Taking".

Nearby Words: take, taken, taker, takingly

She promised Scootaloo's mom, a dear friend of hers, that the filly would go to a good home, as her friend was dying of cancer, and ended up taking Scootaloo in herself.

Source: Characters / Motherly Scootaloo
Not only that, the right stick somehow manages to be both extremely slow and extremely sensitive, reacting to the slightest move, but taking its dear sweet time doing so.

Source: So Bad Its Good / Video Games
Chocoanos live off their dear Atrato River, even though it floods every now and then, taking all of their few possessions.

Source: National Stereo Types / Middle & South America

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