1
as in to adore
to love or admire too much
it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star
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2
as in to congratulate
to praise too much
a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her
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Recent Examples of adulate
Turkey’s TB2s became adulated in Ukraine for striking Russian tanks advancing on Kyiv at the start of that war in early 2022.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulate
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Ederson is the sort of player managers adore, patrolling the pitch between both boxes.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse have been couple goals for years, publicly adoring one another since meeting in 2018 and tying the knot five years later.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
18 May 2026
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Several celebrities, including Ilana Glazer and Uzo Aduba, congratulated the couple in the comments section.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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After congratulating each other on the mound, Aztecs players linked arms on the field, turned to their fans in the stands and sang the school’s fight song.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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The congregation of Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, Delaware, now has a temporary place to worship a week after a fire destroyed the historic church last Sunday.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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Despite all the violent bureaucracy devoted to worshipping the god Om, only one simple monk, Brutha, actually believes in him.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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Another shopper praised its significant support.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Drivers spoke at length on Saturday about his accomplishments, praising his toughness, competitive spirit and penchant for speaking his mind — all of which earned him a reputation as NASCAR’s villain.—
Steve Reed,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Ticks especially like to latch onto moist, warm areas of the body like the groin, armpits, the hairline, under the breasts and in the curves of the knees and arms.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
27 May 2026
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While the Facebook and Instagram parent posted top and bottom line beats, investors didn't like management's decision to spend even more on generative AI moving forward.—
Morgan Chittum,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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After the game, Inter Miami players made a point to go toward the North stand and applaud La Familia.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 May 2026
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Great leaders understand that a key part of their job is to motivate, empower, and applaud their teammates.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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For example, Dick Cheney’s 2008 address to the graduates emphasized the Coast Guard legacy and role in homeland security and commended the class on its motto to defend the Constitution and uphold high standards.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
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Sarah Eagan, executive director of the Center for Children’s Advocacy and former Child Advocate, said Scheff should be commended for running a challenging agency.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2026
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The result is sometimes overpraising, overprotection, and overindulging children, mixing emotional intensity with economic privilege in ways that breed entitlement.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.—
Armond White,
National Review,
24 May 2023
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“Adulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulate. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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