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pampered

  • past participle
    of pamper.
    pamper
    verb (used with object)
    to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care.
  • past tense form
    of pamper.
    pamper
    verb (used with object)
    to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care.

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Though cats are ubiquitous in modern society, they attained their status as pampered pets relatively recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mr. Levin paints the pampered youngster as a “stubbornly self-centered” boy who kept “studiously aloof” from the antislavery activism that young Harvard radicals embraced in the late 1850s—and that Shaw was all but born to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Allegations of Combs’ pampered incarcerated lifestyle emerged just as his release date moved up again, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But this pampered childhood was not enough for Veda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

All my life dignified foreigners had petted and pampered me.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides