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verb

past tense of honor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for honored
Adjective
  • Caliente came to public prominence after competing on season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and quickly became one of the show’s most celebrated queens.
    Manila Luzon, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The castle, located on the shore of Lough Corrib, has hosted royalty and celebrities for years, earning a reputation as one of Ireland's most iconic and celebrated landmarks.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • More than 1,200 Britons have been recognized and are set to receive royal accolades for their work in a variety of industries in the 2025 honors list.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the other five Bills defenders all remain in traffic not realizing the play is heading in the other direction quickly enough, Milano already recognized the fake pitch, shifted his weight and exploded toward the way Rodgers was rolling, seeing Adams about to be the target in the flat.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The funeral will take place in St. Peter's Square, the famous large plaza in front of the basilica in Vatican City.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In 2022, SpaceX private astronaut and billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman proposed launching a private mission to boost, and also perhaps repair and upgrade, the famous telescope.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere in his speech, Farrell thanked The Penguin's creative team, his costars, and even someone on the craft services team.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Moore thanked her director Coralie Fargaet, her on-screen other-half Margaret Qualley, and people who have been with her over the last 30 years.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Frey Ranch husband and wife founders Colby and Ashley Frey worked with renowned American whiskey master blender Nancy Fraley to select barrels that, in their opinion, were the best examples of the grain-to-glass mentality and process that defines the distillery.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
  • Puerto Rican painter and philanthropist Tony Bechara, who as board chair of El Museo del Barrio oversaw the New York institution’s transformation from a local concern to an internationally renowned repository of Latinx and Latin American Art, died in New York on April 23, his birthday.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The research was designed to capture a look at much of the world, said study lead and report contributor Dr. Byron Johnson, distinguished professor of the social sciences at Baylor in Waco, Texas.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Only this season for Valladolid has proved anything but distinguished.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Useful and beneficial as coca may be both as food and medicine, such physical properties alone cannot account for its exalted place in the spiritual life of those living in the Andes today, not to mention all the cultures and civilizations that came before them.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
  • For decades, the most exalted goal of artificial intelligence has been the creation of an artificial general intelligence, or AGI, capable of matching or even outperforming human beings on any intellectual task.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • Her thirty-five-year corporate journey has been marked by outstanding achievement and transformative influence.
    Mamie Jones, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Explore Kylie Minogue See latest videos, charts and news The honor, awarded annually by APRA AMCOS, recognizes outstanding contributions to the Australian music industry.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Honored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honored. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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