as in favorable
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expressing or containing praise
a laudatory biography The play received mostly laudatory reviews.
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Recent Examples of laudatory
Since even the 1981 movie’s most laudatory reviews suggested Alda had shot several episodes of television and strung them together, the switch in mediums is an easy fit.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist aloft the trophy.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
More than $2 million has been spent on attack ads, laudatory pieces and the occasional misstep in this race.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
In fact, many of the employees had received laudatory reviews with no hint of any concerns.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist aloft the trophy.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
More than $2 million has been spent on attack ads, laudatory pieces and the occasional misstep in this race.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
In fact, many of the employees had received laudatory reviews with no hint of any concerns.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudatory
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The odds backcourt mate Will Richard would hear his name called were not nearly as favorable.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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Some analysts downplayed the incidents as routine hiccups typical of a company testing a new product, while others viewed the miscues as a troubling sign for the capability of the technology, especially in light of favorable conditions sought out by Tesla.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
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But even while reviews for F1 have been overwhelmingly positive and the two-and-a-half-hour race thriller is predicted to top all other wide-release movies this weekend, pulling in somewhere between $45 million and $55 million domestically, profitability remains something of a long shot.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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While they were hired to support language learning, the specialists emerged as catalysts for converting negative emotions into positive behavioral change.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Photo Gallery Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian President Al-Sisi.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Laudatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudatory. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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