admired 1 of 2

past tense of admire

admired

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adjective

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Recent Examples of admired
Adjective
For too long, cultural currency has been admired but not measured. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 Marco Silva, who previously worked at Marinakis’ Greek club Olympiacos, remains somebody admired by the owner. Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Something to be admired, for sure. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025 The crowd gathered at the main stage admired the brightness of the drones that fit in perfectly with the Brazilian DJ’s set. Billboard Brazil, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025 From a young age, Gilboa-Dalal has admired Japanese culture and anime, even studying the language. Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025 Mayfield admired the chess match Warner played last game with Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, whose visual cues tried to throw off Warner’s tracking sense. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025 Some tools are made to be admired and fondled as much as they're made to actually be used. Ben Coxworth october 10, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025 In the late 1960s, Barry Steiger admired how a Boy Scout four years older than him knew how to tie every knot. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admired
Verb
  • Halley is viewed as having more academic disposition and is more enmeshed with operations and technology and is respected for his industry smarts.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sandberg, for all her interest in proto-influencing, focussed on being liked and respected in the boardroom.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The analyst contends that AT&T’s broadband opportunity remains an under-appreciated component of the company’s annual financial growth prospects.
    , CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That’s our goal at the store, that people feel loved and respected and appreciated.
    Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Traditionally, the north east of England has been regarded as a fertile breeding ground for talent, but its clubs have been rather less good at keeping that talent and rather less good altogether.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Widely regarded as one of the country's most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya's modern democracy over a career spanning more than four decades.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The revered text, which follows a devastating family feud and explores profound philosophical and spiritual ideas, has had numerous film and TV adaptations, including an immensely popular one on Indian state broadcasting channel Doordarshan and one by Peter Brook, which was recently restored.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Of all the Belle of Louisville's historic features, one area of the revered steamboat is clearly the most audible.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Like the woman who shared her August menu, other detainees in Richwood have shared similar complaints about deteriorating food quality with their lawyers and loved ones.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Your loved one has so much to teach you.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Over 17 nights, travelers are whisked by private jet across seven exquisite destinations to stay in the world’s most esteemed independent hotels and resorts.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • At a panel discussion at Carnegie Hall in 1999, Dohnányi got into a minor fracas with his esteemed colleague Pierre Boulez over the distinctive tone of French bassoons.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For years, families hoping to make cherished memories at the attraction have had to weave around the animal rights protestors stationed on the sidewalk outside, equipped with signs, bullhorns, rosary beads and incense.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Viewer Reactions For many, the discovery struck a chord—a reminder of how old technology can hold the snapshots of our most cherished moments.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though D’Angelo only released three albums in his lifetime, his beloved 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, followed by 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, Hill wrote that the singer’s aching vulnerability and incomparable passion moved, and inspired, the culture.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The fact that the film is named after its subject’s most beloved — and most despised by Hart himself — hit tells you everything.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025

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