: highly regarded
an esteemed author
my esteemed colleagues
our esteemed leader/guests
He also wrote to Richard Randolph's stepfather, the esteemed lawyer St. George Tucker …—
Garry Wills
Garry Wills… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …—Lucy Scholes
Lucy Scholes… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."—David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …—Lia Russell
Lia RussellIf, as they say, I am a Man of Letters I come, like my fellows, at the tail-end of a long once esteemed tradition in English and American writing.—V. S. Pritchett
V. S. PritchettExamples of esteemed in a Sentence
concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist
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Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Founded in 1889, Lanvin is the oldest haute couture house still in business, and the esteemed maison’s founder is the focus of her first American exhibition at the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Enter esteemed actresses, Joan Chen and Oscar winner, Youn Yuh-jung.
—Toubee Yang, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
The Mexico City native, originally from the Agrícola Oriental neighborhood, was a law school graduate from the esteemed National Autonomous University of Mexico.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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