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as in to commend
to praise too much
the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity
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Recent Examples of flatter
It is designed to flatter every shape and has that signature Beyond Yoga comfort.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
As for the Musk-AfD alliance, Quent thinks they are flattered by his interest and are seizing an opportunity.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
We’re generally flattered when Hollywood decides to highlight the South on the silver screen.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
Van Buren has no interest in László's commanding air of intellectual superiority and authority — until an article in Look magazine flatters him as a millionaire with a becoming taste for modernity.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
As for the Musk-AfD alliance, Quent thinks they are flattered by his interest and are seizing an opportunity.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
We’re generally flattered when Hollywood decides to highlight the South on the silver screen.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
Van Buren has no interest in László's commanding air of intellectual superiority and authority — until an article in Look magazine flatters him as a millionaire with a becoming taste for modernity.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatter
Verb
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Rivals have noticed that Focus is spending on linear for Last Breath, and commending that given its solid reviews at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District Superintendent Liz Kirby commended the driver for evacuating the bus quickly.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The dance music community prides itself on being inclusive for all.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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While Forest are a rising force, back-to-back losses would be a troubling look for a club that prides itself on quality and resilience.—
Julia Ranney,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2024
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Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.—
Selene Yeager,
Health,
24 Feb. 2024
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Stafford walked up to the podium, congratulated the team on its season and expressed his sympathy to those families in attendance who had been impacted by the Eaton fire that roared through Pasadena in January.—
Adam Grosbard,
Orange County Register,
5 Mar. 2025
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Knight’s sympathetic response is interrupted when Rhonda (Kathy Searle), Briarwood's exuberant security guard, rolls up in her golf cart to congratulate the pair on getting back together.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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So, instead, Clinton watches Nazareth stroke a shot into the top right corner and ultimately earn Portugal a 1-1 draw in Friday’s opening Nations League match against England with 15 minutes of regular time remaining.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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In a clip viewed over 22 million times, Aj reaches a hand over and strokes her cat's back.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The comedian, who co-starred in Next Friday and Friday After Next, went on to praise Cube for putting people on.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The gist: five previous winners of each category — Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress — are brought on stage to present and praise the nominees and announce the winner.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
3 Mar. 2025
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This is the other cost-cutting tip – there were only two – that consumers applauded, on balance, in the Wells Fargo survey.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pritzker applauded Illinois student test scores in reading and math.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.—
Armond White,
National Review,
24 May 2023
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He’s overpraised of course.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Mar. 2023
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“Flatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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