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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This faux leather midi skirt is elegant and can be elevated with a crisp white shirt or cashmere cardigan.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Wise’s essential deployment of tension is absent without the compressed grain that elevates it.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s strikes on Gulf cities are a blow to the region’s goal of promoting itself as a financial center that can be a haven of stability.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The style is often associated with socialist utopian ideas, which were regularly promoted by the buildings’ architects.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Ennoble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennoble. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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