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as in to commend
to praise too much
the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity
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Recent Examples of flatter
Other Amazon shoppers are taking note, too, because the dress has an impressive 6,000 perfect ratings and 1,200 five-star reviews, with teachers and wedding guests alike sharing how comfy and flattering the dress is to wear to almost any occasion.
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
The pants feature an adjustable elastic waistband that’s even comfortable enough to wear during a lengthy flight, while the stylish wide leg cut appears endlessly flattering on a wide range of body types.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025
Its six-shade range—which includes different intensities of nude, pink, and coral—has options that flatter any skin tone.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
To this day, Dylan is flattered by the show's impact on a generation of fans.
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
The pants feature an adjustable elastic waistband that’s even comfortable enough to wear during a lengthy flight, while the stylish wide leg cut appears endlessly flattering on a wide range of body types.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025
Its six-shade range—which includes different intensities of nude, pink, and coral—has options that flatter any skin tone.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
To this day, Dylan is flattered by the show's impact on a generation of fans.
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatter
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The Pompano Beach native’s latest charitable act has been met with both gratitude and admiration, especially from his longtime attorney, Bradford Cohen, who took to Instagram on Wednesday (April 16) to commend Kodak’s consistent generosity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Scott Shackelford, executive director at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, commended Microsoft for being one of the most proactive companies in fraud prevention, but said more action needed to come from both the private and public sector.—
Kara Fellows,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Cardenas was known primarily for his distribution, while Andrews prides himself on defense, something that lines up perfectly with Burns.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Apr. 2025
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While doughnuts are its final product, Krispy Kreme also prides itself on being a machine builder, designing and manufacturing its proprietary production equipment in-house.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2024
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Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.—
Selene Yeager,
Health,
24 Feb. 2024
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That ethical dodge — congratulating modern progress, ignoring this era’s nervous breakdown — is the basic, political, insensitive reason that contemporary Hollywood cannot create love stories.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Apr. 2025
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Celebrities and fellow golfers congratulated him after his big win.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Janine slips June a keycard and tells her to meet her there later, then scurries off to stroke stupid Bell’s stupid ego.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Research now shows that some stalwart seafarers stroked their way from mainland Europe to the island of Malta, about 60 miles away, about 8,500 years ago, according to an article in the journal Nature.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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During his papacy, he was both praised and criticized for commenting on political issues, from immigration to LGBTQ issues.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis's papacy, in 2013, several years before Trump reached the White House.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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The leader applauds their courage and decision-making.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Ackman applauded Trump’s decision to halt the levies for now, while others alleged the president overstepped his trade authority.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.—
Armond White,
National Review,
24 May 2023
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He’s overpraised of course.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Mar. 2023
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“Flatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatter. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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