as in favorable
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expressing or containing praise
a laudatory biography The play received mostly laudatory reviews.
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Recent Examples of laudatory
Still, Ukraine’s supporters are likely to be disappointed with Trump’s laudatory remarks of Putin and potential business deals.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 19 May 2025
But not all the tributes to the pope’s life were purely laudatory.
—Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Since even the 1981 movie’s most laudatory reviews suggested Alda had shot several episodes of television and strung them together, the switch in mediums is an easy fit.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist aloft the trophy.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 19 May 2025
But not all the tributes to the pope’s life were purely laudatory.
—Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Since even the 1981 movie’s most laudatory reviews suggested Alda had shot several episodes of television and strung them together, the switch in mediums is an easy fit.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist aloft the trophy.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudatory
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YouGov/Economist also reported a decline, from 39 percent favorable and 45 percent unfavorable in January to 37 percent favorable and 51 percent unfavorable in July.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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The risk-benefit ratio of the COVID-19 vaccination remains strongly favorable.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This incident comes after her previous legal troubles, including a positive marijuana test at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials that prevented her from competing at the Tokyo Olympics.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Lee had a positive run along Rest Bay, hitting 67 to go 7-under-par and into third place.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Photo Gallery Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian President Al-Sisi.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Laudatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudatory. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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