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Recent Examples of honoree
This year’s Life Achievement Award honoree is Harrison Ford.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Loews Miami Beach Hotel, situated off Lincoln Road in the heart of South Beach, has been a longtime honoree in Travel + Leisure’s annual World’s Best Award’s survey.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
The Palm Springs International Film Awards gala delivered its annual blend of star wattage and Oscar-season momentum on Saturday evening, with candid speeches, emotional reveals and a last-minute reshuffling prompted by an absent honoree.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
The Shrew Detective is written by Newbery honoree Margi Preus and illustrated by one of my favorite children’s book artists, Junyi Wu.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Lopez joins Gwyneth Paltrow, who The Hollywood Reporter previously announced will receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, as an honoree at this year’s gala.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
The three-time All-Mountain West honorable mention honoree made an instant impact for the Rainbow Warriors in 2022 as the only freshman in the country to produce at least 70 tackles, two interceptions and a sack.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis was the first honoree, receiving the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award from Jane Fonda herself.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Health and climate are inextricable Alaa Murabit, a 2024 TIME100 Health honoree, gave the penultimate toast of the night.
—Erin McMullen, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Loews Miami Beach Hotel, situated off Lincoln Road in the heart of South Beach, has been a longtime honoree in Travel + Leisure’s annual World’s Best Award’s survey.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
The Palm Springs International Film Awards gala delivered its annual blend of star wattage and Oscar-season momentum on Saturday evening, with candid speeches, emotional reveals and a last-minute reshuffling prompted by an absent honoree.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
The Shrew Detective is written by Newbery honoree Margi Preus and illustrated by one of my favorite children’s book artists, Junyi Wu.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Lopez joins Gwyneth Paltrow, who The Hollywood Reporter previously announced will receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, as an honoree at this year’s gala.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
The three-time All-Mountain West honorable mention honoree made an instant impact for the Rainbow Warriors in 2022 as the only freshman in the country to produce at least 70 tackles, two interceptions and a sack.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis was the first honoree, receiving the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award from Jane Fonda herself.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Health and climate are inextricable Alaa Murabit, a 2024 TIME100 Health honoree, gave the penultimate toast of the night.
—Erin McMullen, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honoree
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Holger Klinck directs the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, another Bezos Earth Fund awardee.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Morgan taught physics, as well as a bilingual class for recent Spanish-speaking immigrants, and became a PAEMST awardee in 2023.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Together, the five inductees make up this year’s class of honored athletes.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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In addition to Patterson, coach inductees include Chris Petersen (Boise State University/University of Washington), Jim Margraff (Johns Hopkins University), and Ken Sparks (Carson‑Newman University).—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Honoree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honoree. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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