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Recent Examples of laudable Sometimes the most laudable achievements are those accomplished amid adversity. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025 Unfortunately, while the intentions of offsetting burnout are laudable, overdoing it with exercise can lead to serious mental and physical problems. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 In another laudable effort, Exodus has since 2020 run the Mountain Lioness Project, in Tanzania, which has so far trained 30 women porters to work as guides on Mount Kilimanjaro. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 Of course, courage in the face of adversity is laudable, generically speaking, but wisdom is rarely rigid. Tim Maurer, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laudable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudable
Adjective
  • In selling its example and worldview, China could draw on Confucian ideas, including the notion that collective values are more meritorious than individualistic ones.
    RANA MITTER, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Zion first responders recognized Zion recognized firefighters and police officers recently for their brave and meritorious actions in two different instances.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Porcelain Serving Cart by Richard Schultz $4,230 Design Within Reach Knoll’s splurge worthy bar cart would look sleek perched poolside and holding a pitcher of sangria.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Yet such is the enduring interest in the subject that there is always room for another one, and the newest book by the scholar Phillips Payson O’Brien on Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler as strategists is a worthy entry.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • While the attempt at genre homage is admirable, Until Dawn seems trapped by the tonal demands of these shifts.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The planned decimation of American space science, coupled with the total dysfunction in our human space program, squanders the admirable U.S. record and accomplishments.
    Louis Friedman, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • He’s been excellent in dealing with traffic, as the Golden Knights put more bodies in front of him on Tuesday than pretty much the first four games.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of iron.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The fact that the Met is staging so many new works is fundamentally praiseworthy.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In some quarters of our society, there seems to be an eagerness to vilify great—though humanly imperfect—historical figures who have long represented praiseworthy contributions to our nation’s success.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Cleetus McFarland, the popular automotive YouTuber whose real name is Garrett Mitchell, finished in an impressive P10 in the ARCA Menards Series at Talladega.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • There’s also an impressive discount on this striking coffee table that’s equipped with plenty of functionality.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Laudable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudable. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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