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
Right here, inches from our noses, are observations, memories, and relationships—people to please—that can generate the kind of richness that Brainard brings to his work.
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David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
My dad was going to engineering school at Columbia [to please] his father.
—Eric Ryan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Vaccinations benefit people, but Ladapo would overturn every medical triumph of the last 100 years to please his boss.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Our review: Bon Appétit and Epicurious contributor Adam Campbell-Schmitt tried Home Chef and found the recipes to be simple and kid-friendly enough to please his tough critics.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2025
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Henry Fonda belonged to a bygone Hollywood era of stories and role models geared to delighting moviegoers’ curiosity.—
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Ahead, discover 20 options designed to delight every type of bride (and to come in handy when the occasion calls for it).—
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This is the scent for someone who wants to make a statement with a fragrance that feels both familiar and surprising.—
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Training convolutional neural networks on paintings in the early 2010s was valuable to computer scientists and entrepreneurs who wanted to improve surveillance technology, though.—
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That explanation has failed to satisfy Democrats who say that plans for imminent military strikes are regularly classified.—
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One of the requirements to satisfy the banks into loaning Arsenal the money was a commitment for Wenger to stay for five years.—
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As global media and consumption habits evolve, the NBA wishes to capitalize on opportunities to produce games in new and unique ways, the commissioner said.—
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In the video, Henry gets some support and good luck wishes from his kids.—
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At the edge of spring that meant warming dishes like meatballs over polenta huddled against sides of sauteed chard and roasted carrots.—
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The renovation lends the rustic home’s interior a a minimalist white-washed look, somewhat warmed by the retention of brick, sandstone, hand-hewn wood beams and wood flooring.—
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Meteorologists there had to choose between gathering information that will help in the future and warning about immediate danger.—
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Cameron might choose one of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books, while Lochlan would likely find value in absurdist fiction, like Albert Camus' The Stranger.—
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Fans willed this branding exercise into existence, ever since a Padres blog in 2011 coined the phrase as part of a half-serious acknowledgement that Seattle and San Diego are not actually rivals.—
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Some of them like to have fun, though not Vlad, who prefers conversation about his childhood trauma, or Kate, who wills the night to end on multiple occasions.—
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But while the national organization sits on $2.5 billion in net assets, its clinics are deliberately feasting on crumbs.—
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Ahead, feast your eyes on 105 fancy names from a myriad of cultures and eras.—
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“Please.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/please. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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