hold (someone or something) in high regard
idiom
: to have great respect for (someone or something)
His work is held in high regard.
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Other factors that consumers hold in high regard when giving brands loyalty or even making a purchase for the first time include alignment with their own values.
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Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
This is achieved by marketers by utilizing nostalgic symbols that people still hold in high regard.
—Michael Kuzminov, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Reliability is something that journalists tend to hold in high regard.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But this is in deep tension with institutional norms at the DOJ which Garland, and many other elite lawyers, hold in high regard.
—Jeff Hauser, The New Republic, 8 June 2021
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Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
This is achieved by marketers by utilizing nostalgic symbols that people still hold in high regard.
—Michael Kuzminov, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Reliability is something that journalists tend to hold in high regard.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But this is in deep tension with institutional norms at the DOJ which Garland, and many other elite lawyers, hold in high regard.
—Jeff Hauser, The New Republic, 8 June 2021
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“Hold (someone or something) in high regard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20in%20high%20regard. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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