obliging
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Synonyms
accommodating, accommodative, friendly, indulgent
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Few opponents will be more obliging over the next month as South Korea, a country competing in its third Women's World Cup but which has only one victory at the tournament to its name. — Aimee Lewis, CNN, "France storms to win in Women's World Cup opener against South Korea," 7 June 2019 New York City, after all, can be a most obliging co-star to its population of unwitting actors, who are always putting on a show. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘Behind the City’ Immerses You in New York and Yourself," 19 June 2018 Langford will keep obliging and tickets will keep selling. — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, "As Indiana All-Stars open practice, a look at what's to come for IU basketball," 5 June 2018 Down the road is the Turnagain Arm Pit, which offers an obliging deck for summer-time sipping and some pretty solid barbecue. — Anchorage Daily News, "Out-of-town guests? Here’s where to take them to eat around Anchorage.," 31 May 2018 Russia adopted counter-terrorism legislation in 2016 obliging communications companies to store call logs and data for months, and to store it in local servers instead of abroad. — Washington Post, "Russian court: Telegram app must cooperate with spy agency," 20 Mar. 2018 Gilles, meanwhile, settles into the role of the obliging patriarch who’s hot or warm as needed. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, "Review: A Man and a Woman (and Another Woman) in ‘Lover for a Day’," 11 Jan. 2018 Meanwhile, Apple's iTunes service remains a godawful mess and the company's obliging customers to buy external accessories (in the form of ear buds and dongles) takes some of the delight out of an iPhone purchase. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "Are We Ready for a $1,000 iPhone?," 1 Sep. 2017 Any obliging picnic table along the way will offer the same incredible view. — Alaska Dispatch News, "Dining review: Big plans (and big views) at small eatery Froth & Forage on the Seward Highway," 16 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'obliging.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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