as in to commend
to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune
let me be the first to congratulate you on winning the award
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Recent Examples of congratulate
Rhodes is asked to sell his soul to The Rock, sides with the fans, gets seemingly congratulated by Cena, and then, Cena kicks him in the groin.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In the aftermath of the story, many readers, people on social media, and real-life friends congratulated me on conducting a great interview.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Packer congratulated Miller before launching into a conversation about building relationships with frequent collaborators and identifying target audiences.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
Putin congratulated him on his accomplishment and called it a cause for celebration across Russian.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In the aftermath of the story, many readers, people on social media, and real-life friends congratulated me on conducting a great interview.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Packer congratulated Miller before launching into a conversation about building relationships with frequent collaborators and identifying target audiences.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
Putin congratulated him on his accomplishment and called it a cause for celebration across Russian.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for congratulate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congratulate
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The Pompano Beach native’s latest charitable act has been met with both gratitude and admiration, especially from his longtime attorney, Bradford Cohen, who took to Instagram on Wednesday (April 16) to commend Kodak’s consistent generosity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Scott Shackelford, executive director at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, commended Microsoft for being one of the most proactive companies in fraud prevention, but said more action needed to come from both the private and public sector.—
Kara Fellows,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Brian Doss loved driving in derbies, and his fiancee Schuman would be right there cheering him on, their obituaries said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Tuesday was a big night for Stephen Curry — and his girls were there to cheer him on!—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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There was the infamous time McMahon punished Triple H for hugging Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Shawn Michaels in the center of the ring at a house show, breaking kayfabe when this was something wrestlers didn't do.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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The video shows another woman scooting under the table and hugging her knees to her chest, as shaky sobs can be heard in the background.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even after earning a 21-point win over the Heat on Sunday, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson complimented the Heat following Game 1.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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The following day, Pope Francis tapped him on the shoulder at breakfast and complimented him for the speech, marking him out for future promotion.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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During his papacy, he was both praised and criticized for commenting on political issues, from immigration to LGBTQ issues.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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In a separate conversation with EW, Mazin praises Pascal's performance as a dying Joel.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Congratulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congratulate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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