laureate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureate
Verb
  • While saluting Biz Markie, RZA brought out his Juice Crew comrade Big Daddy Kane, impeccably dressed in a white-and-pink ensemble.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
  • Others saluted it, hailing it as an entertaining and instructive defense of constitutional liberties.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • The first film was critically acclaimed upon its release and grossed over $330 million worldwide, becoming the seventh highest grossing film globally in 2000.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 July 2025
  • First elevating an early-career U.S. Geological Survey researcher, Felisa Wolfe-Simon, to acclaim, then to controversy, the study convulsed the scientific community for two years, raising questions over how science is both conducted and publicized.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • The fact that Arab countries are unified on that, and the measured approach taken by Arab and European countries should be applauded, not dismissed.
    Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Harvard graduate students applaud during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Wiegman generally hates talking about individual players, but goes out of her way to praise Bronze’s competitive spirit.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • Vazquez went on to praise both the show’s current — and former — hosts.
    Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Also headlining is Mei Lin, who hails from Dearborn.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • Her husband is Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot, who hails from one of Boston’s oldest and most prominent families.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • While a lot of residents in the post cheered Trader Joe’s, others wanted its rival, Aldi, to move in.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
  • Scheffler made his way over with the Claret Jug in hand and picked up his son, with the crowd cheering once more.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • He is expected to extol the tax and spending bill Congress passed last week and that Trump signed at the White House on the Fourth of July.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 July 2025
  • Along the way, some good bits of dialogue are dispensed, as when Chuck’s dance teacher (Samantha Sloyan) imparts a lesson in candor, and when his grandfather (Mark Hamill) extols the virtues of math.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • The cocktails are classic and the wine list is so good that it's been lauded by Wine Spectator magazine.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
  • There, she was lauded for accelerating revenue growth by shifting to AI technology, aiding clinicians in decision-making and returning hospital patients home faster.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laureate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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