as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind
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Recent Examples of ennoble
Homer himself uses natural metaphors to ennoble violent human actors: Achilles is a wildfire sweeping across the Trojan plain.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Instead, this publication has hummed with creative, ennobling intellectual tension and debate.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Apr. 2025
Its main focus is ennobling the essence of lava as a driving force for innovation in a contemporary age, as well as celebrating its centuries-old Neapolitan craftsmanship that has led to the creation of scenographic spaces, settings and projects.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Foster soon won the Pritzker and was ennobled.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Instead, this publication has hummed with creative, ennobling intellectual tension and debate.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Apr. 2025
Its main focus is ennobling the essence of lava as a driving force for innovation in a contemporary age, as well as celebrating its centuries-old Neapolitan craftsmanship that has led to the creation of scenographic spaces, settings and projects.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Foster soon won the Pritzker and was ennobled.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ennoble
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East of the red flag warning areas, where winds will be lighter in central and eastern Missouri, there are still elevated to near-critical fire weather conditions, according to the weather service.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Those stakes have been elevated the past week for the Heat and the response has been loss, loss, loss.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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There are no plans dfor a flotilla promoted by Movimiento Democracia to sail from Miami for now.—
Sarah Moreno
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Kahana said Ach told him about Ad Kan's connection to Al-Majd, describing it as run by both Arabs and Israelis in Israel but not wanting to promote its Israeli ties.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Ennoble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennoble. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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