: 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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Blane Bachelor, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2025
The real star of All’s Fair isn’t one of the many esteemed actresses under Kim on the call sheet, but rather the hats that the costume department puts them in.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2025
Founded in New York in 1992, the genre-blurring Bang on a Can All-Stars counts Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and former San Diego composer George Lewis among its esteemed collaborators.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
The 31 schools across the state had been nominated for the esteemed National Blue Ribbon Schools award, but the US Department of Education discontinued the long-running program in August.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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