honor roll
noun
: a roster of names of persons deserving honor
especially
: a list of students achieving academic distinction
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The pediatric facility north of Louisville also ranked in the top 15 nationally in every specialty — landing it a spot on the top 10 honor roll of all facilities in the nation, according to the report, which was released Oct. 7.
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
This year the honor roll student founded The Curious Kid Collective, a community initiative that promotes literacy and creative exploration for children through storytelling and art, and was a recipient of the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
As a memorial grew in the hours after the killing, his parents described him as a child who made his school’s honor roll and had an easy aptitude for multiplication tables.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
At Georgia Southern, the all-region high school standout, who played defensive end and offensive guard, was an honor roll student.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
This year the honor roll student founded The Curious Kid Collective, a community initiative that promotes literacy and creative exploration for children through storytelling and art, and was a recipient of the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
As a memorial grew in the hours after the killing, his parents described him as a child who made his school’s honor roll and had an easy aptitude for multiplication tables.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
At Georgia Southern, the all-region high school standout, who played defensive end and offensive guard, was an honor roll student.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Honor roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20roll. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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