exaltations

noun

plural of exaltation
as in promotions
the act of raising someone or something in importance He criticized our society's exaltation of wealth.

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  1. promotions
  2. distinctions
  3. magnifications
  4. creations
  5. rhapsodies
  6. panegyrics
  7. elevations
Noun
  • The promotions were not part of the new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The report detailed the ways in which the app’s user design and promotions encouraged more betting — even after the reporter opted into responsible gaming tools designed to slow users down.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of promotions
Noun
  • Callixtus condemned and excommunicated Sabellius, the most prominent champion of Modalistic Monarchianism, called Sabellianism, a heretical doctrine that denied personal distinctions within the Godhead.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Those distinctions need to be visible before the result can support a larger deployment.
    — Swapnil Upganlawar, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinctions
Noun
  • Two Plössl eyepieces provided different magnifications, and there was also a red-dot finderscope and a manual equatorial mount with slow-motion cables.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And your camera attached to a small telescope with magnifications between 20-30 would give you stunning photos.
    — Dean Regas, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of magnifications
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  • The Mamounia also houses its own retail space for fashion accessories, fragrances, objects and art de la table, as well La Boutique Pierre Hermé, a shop dedicated to the creations of the French pastry chef and chocolatier.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Polish artist and designer Sonia Górecka often turns to folklore for her ethereal textile creations, mixing and matching traditional pagan figures and motifs on sheer curtains and colorful hanging jacquard weavings.
    — Francesca Perry, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of creations
Noun
  • For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The rhapsodies about Willow, paired with the silence surrounding the difficult dogs, contribute to a sense of make-believe and avoidance that pervade Biden’s memoir.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Definition of rhapsodies
Noun
  • And journalists and analysts often return from visits offering rosy-eyed panegyrics about China’s gleaming transit systems and engineering capacity.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Flynn had been for a drink with a girl whose job was to place adverts in the various Festival guides and brochures and who spoke mostly in panegyrics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of panegyrics
Noun
  • Portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah saw two to four inches, whereas areas with higher elevations, like the San Juan Mountains, got up to six inches.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevations
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