| dear friend | 5.46 | Dear friend, | ||
| dear life | 4.15 | I run for dear life. | ||
| dear reader | 1.32 | Take heart, dear reader. | ||
| dear issue | 1.05 | Neither Gore nor Bradley has a perfect record on issues dear to union members. | ||
| dear price | 0.92 | Those who landed first paid a dear price. | ||
| dear dad | 0.79 | Dear old dad, Danny. | ||
| dear one | 0.59 | You are my dearest, my darling, my dear one. | ||
| dear mother | 0.53 | My dear mother, | ||
| dear program | 0.53 | Several programs dear to the labor movement face the budget knife. | ||
| dear lady | 0.39 | Learn well, dear lady. | ||
| dear sir | 0.39 | Think of that, dear sir. | ||
| dear boy | 0.33 | I must have unnerved you, dear boy. | ||
| dear brother | 0.33 | My dear brother priests, | ||
| dear child | 0.33 | To me, dear child, you confided your secret. | ||
| dear departed | 0.33 | Now, alas, the family is mostly the dear departed, but I keep going back for pleasure. | ||
| dear subject | 0.33 | This is a subject very dear to the hearts of academics up and down the country. | ||
| dear cause | 0.26 | He also championed a variety of causes dear to his heart. |