: 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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The esteemed cast included Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, and Geena Davis.
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 June 2026
Ladeira has been in fine dining for decades, cooking in esteemed kitchens on the East Coast and ultimately coming to the Bay Area and working at Chez Panisse.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
The esteemed cast included Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, and Geena Davis.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Bowers and Parsons were joined by an esteemed group of composers from some of the biggest shows of the past year at our composer roundtable.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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