: 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
… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …—Lucy Scholes
… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."—David M. Kennedy
… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …—Lia Russell
If, 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
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.
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