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
Other times have not necessarily been so laudatory.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The law is widely feared among dissidents in Thailand both because it is interpreted broadly to include any speech or action that is not laudatory and innocent verdicts are rare.
—Tyrell Haberkorn, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
As of this writing, the comments are still on and the top ones are all laudatory.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 June 2025
While popular press accounts of the company have been laudatory, comments in technical Internet postings have been far more critical.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2015
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The law is widely feared among dissidents in Thailand both because it is interpreted broadly to include any speech or action that is not laudatory and innocent verdicts are rare.
—Tyrell Haberkorn, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
As of this writing, the comments are still on and the top ones are all laudatory.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 June 2025
While popular press accounts of the company have been laudatory, comments in technical Internet postings have been far more critical.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudatory
Adjective
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The measure’s approval allows Democrats to redraw congressional maps more favorable to their party in the nation’s largest state and keep up with Republicans who have moved to add potential new red House seats in Texas and elsewhere.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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By contrast, the Moon is a much more favorable environment by many metrics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Liverpool have taken positive steps forward in their past two games, winning both following a run of six defeats in seven.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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In this book, the whole occupation was described as something avant-garde or positive.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Nov. 2025
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Eschewing the polished, hagiographic style of many contemporary making-of documentaries, Figgis keeps his footprint small and his perspective immediate.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Years of hagiographic media coverage and his immense social-media reach birthed legions of fanboys and nurtured a cult of personality.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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“Laudatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudatory. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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