as in to respect
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The airport’s current name is widely recognized and respected, and altering it would only create confusion while diminishing the local identity.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Public policy can respect personal choice while also reflecting sound health priorities — especially when taxpayer dollars are involved.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Block Museum exhibit features 30 portraits of marabouts, revered Islamic scholars and teachers, from the town of Djenné in Mali.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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They are revered one minute and dissected the next.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Danny Schmitt of Batavia admired the artist’s work on Saturday.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jefferson is also a great place to go antiquing, check out quirky museums, admire beautiful historic homes, and relax with a drink at your hotel—just keep an eye out for ghosts on the stairwell.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Area 51 is a classified Air Force facility in southern Nevada that has long been the focus of conspiracy theorists regarding extraterrestrial life and supposed government cover-ups.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began investigating the cosmos, a curious pattern has emerged regarding quasars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Doncic called the All-Star Game, and weekend, a chance to relish the midseason honor to play among the league’s best.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
14 Feb. 2026
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The right one will not only be okay with that but relish the opportunity.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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At Neuras Wine and Wildlife Estate, on the edge of the Namib Desert, grapes are grown under netting to keep off hungry baboons, meaning there’s plenty for us tipple-loving primates to enjoy.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Mallorcan countryside is here to be enjoyed, after all.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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But aren’t prophets esteemed precisely for their willingness to tell difficult truths to the people of God?—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Leni Riefenstahl, the pioneering German director known to history as Hitler’s favorite filmmaker, is esteemed by many Hollywood luminaries, Quentin Tarantino among them.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Apprize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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