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Recent Examples of honoree
The youngest honoree is 11 years old.
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Josh Taylor, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
That’s three consecutive nods for Knueppel and Lee is a first-time honoree.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Oklahoma guard Payton Verhulst has been an all-conference honoree in both the Big 12 and SEC.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
The gala is an annual fundraiser for mothers and children living in poverty, and Meghan’s longtime friend Serena Williams was chosen as the honoree at last November’s event.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Glass, who turns 89 on Saturday, was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2018.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Another Innovation honoree was Netvue Technologies’ Birdfy Hum Bloom.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
This year’s Life Achievement Award honoree is Harrison Ford.
—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
Josh Taylor, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
That’s three consecutive nods for Knueppel and Lee is a first-time honoree.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Oklahoma guard Payton Verhulst has been an all-conference honoree in both the Big 12 and SEC.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
The gala is an annual fundraiser for mothers and children living in poverty, and Meghan’s longtime friend Serena Williams was chosen as the honoree at last November’s event.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Glass, who turns 89 on Saturday, was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2018.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Another Innovation honoree was Netvue Technologies’ Birdfy Hum Bloom.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
This year’s Life Achievement Award honoree is Harrison Ford.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honoree
Noun
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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
Noun
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Only 2011 Hall of Fame inductee Marshall Faulk (1999 Rams) and Christian McCaffrey (2019 Panthers) have matched that feat, and McCaffrey nearly did so again this season on the 49ers (1,202 rushing yards, 924 receiving).—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The other inductees this July, Jeff Kent and Andruw Jones, had already expressed their cap preferences — the San Francisco Giants for Kent and the Atlanta Braves for Jones.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Honoree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honoree. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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