: 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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Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In 2024, she was honored by SOURCE with the esteemed Jo Walker-Meador Lifetime Achievement Award (Seely was a regular co-host of SOURCE’s annual awards ceremony alongside Brenda Lee).
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2025
When panels of four esteemed professionals blind taste the best spirits entered in the New Orleans Spirits Competition, an audience of 42 people are served the same flight.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Clemens plays Catherine Delacroix, ex-wife of RJ Decker and an esteemed investigative journalist for the newspaper that once employed him as a photographer.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 July 2025
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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