Burns is now in the enviable position of being able to make any film he wants.
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And to die in one's sleep without distress to oneself or inconvenience to others is an enviable end.
As the whole, the society is in enviable financial shape.
His was not an enviable duty.
Many believe he is in an enviable position of having to choose between the city giants.
On the face of it, there was an enviable simplicity about Armstrong's own view.
The evaluators' initial impression was of a school with a fairly traditional outlook but one in which facilities were enviable.
Toyota has an enviable reputation for bulletproof cars, a reputation that could have been built on Camry alone.
We maintain an enviable record against schools five and 10 times our size.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►an enviable position
(=a situation that other people would like to be in)· He is in the enviable position of not needing to work.
►an enviable reputation
(=a good one that others would like to have)· The company has established an enviable reputation for quality.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►position
· Many believe he is in an enviable position of having to choose between the city giants.· People - to-day's employees, yesterday's students - have places us in this enviable position.· The hotel is situated in an enviable position across from the beach.
►reputation
· Toyota has an enviable reputation for bulletproof cars, a reputation that could have been built on Camry alone.· Scientists have gained by this an enviable reputation for truth.· Today offering traditional service and hospitality the Plough & Harrow has established an enviable reputation as one of Birmingham's finest hotels.
an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it: Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living.—enviably adverb