extols

verb

variants also extolls
present tense third-person singular of extol
as in celebrates
to proclaim the glory of campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record

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Recent Examples of extols Unused Electronics Pope extols the virtues of clearing your house of all useless electronics. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026 Part of the success of the Dunwoody clinic stems from its presence on social media, where its co-founder extols therapies and treatments outside the realm of mainstream medicine. — Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026 Every wartime president extols the nation’s virtues. — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 Genetically Mediterranean, the ancient Greeks generally had darker hair and skin than the fair, blue-eyed Brad Pitt, who played Achilles in 2004’s Troy—a film that Musk extols. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 June 2026 Banks extols the virtues of eavesdropping. — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026 The Iberian nation has taken in millions of people from Latin America and Africa in recent years, and the leftist Sánchez regularly extols the financial and social benefits that immigrants who legally come to Spain bring to the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025 In an era when the latest hot-off-the-press titles trend on social media, one writer extols the underrated pleasure of reading secondhand books shared by neighbors. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2025 There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extols
  1. celebrates
  2. praises
  3. blesses
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  • Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates a two-run home run against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Fresh bread, pastries, and cakes are baked daily and served alongside fruit, a huge variety of cheeses, hummus, salmon, and egg dishes, and—a given at a hotel that celebrates traditional Madrid life— churros.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of celebrates
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  • The editorial praises the Shedd for trying to save the whales in this time of crisis, even though the animals had a record of previous poor living conditions and dubious care.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Sandy praises her crew for performing efficiently under pressure, and gives out the $1,807 each of them earned from a $23,500 tip.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of praises
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  • Bonuses for deal registration that brings new pipeline rather than blesses existing opportunities.
    — Jason Atkins, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • When Mother Nature blesses the area with heavy snow, tee up for a day of skiing at nearby Windham and Hunter mountains, post up with s’mores in front of the fire pits on the property, or unwind in its Finnish-style sauna.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of blesses

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