as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
our graduation ceremony was dignified by a visit from the mayor
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Recent Examples of dignify
In short, there are many that continue to dignify regional Mexican music.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2025
The goal is to make the homes feel welcoming and dignifying for those who’ve gone without kind or, at the very least, livable home lives, Hindman added.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
President Carter dignified the office.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
An early title card commemorating James Earl Jones, who died in September at age 93 and whose sonorous voice dignified and shaped the character of Mufasa for generations of Lion King fans, strikes a tender chord.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2025
The goal is to make the homes feel welcoming and dignifying for those who’ve gone without kind or, at the very least, livable home lives, Hindman added.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
President Carter dignified the office.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
An early title card commemorating James Earl Jones, who died in September at age 93 and whose sonorous voice dignified and shaped the character of Mufasa for generations of Lion King fans, strikes a tender chord.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy categories, remains elevated at 2.5%.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Even so, Trump has raged at Powell for more than seven years after the president elevated him to lead the Fed in 2017.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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This intergovernmental coalition brings together 43 countries, working collectively to promote and defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Channels can also pay to be promoted to the app's 1.5 billion users.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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“Dignify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignify. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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