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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knighted
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The short film, commissioned and distributed by WePresent, won the Academy Award for best live action short film in 2022 and served as a meditation on belonging and rising intolerance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025 -
In 1966, a committee commissioned by the National Research Council issued a damning report on the state of natural language processing and machine translation.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Witt finished Thursday’s series finale with the biggest hit of the night as the Royals improved to 71-69.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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In addition, Instagram has improved a few other corners to make better use of the larger display.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Your love lifted him in ways that words cannot describe.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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Last month, New Zealand’s oil and gas drilling ban - in place since 2018 - was lifted as the country grapples with an energy crisis and fears of deindustrialization.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ron Paul, the former 12-term congressman from Texas and two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, celebrated his 90th birthday last month.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Knighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knighted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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