laureate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureate
Verb
  • To open the big anniversary show, McEntire performed a decade-spanning medley, saluting one Song of the Year winner from each of the past six decades.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Before leaving the Palestinian territory they were draped with Israeli flags, while Israeli soldiers saluted.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But while everybody wanted a piece of Netflix's electric romantic comedy starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell when its first season debuted to acclaim in 2024, Season 2 falls distinctly short.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The series was both popular and critically acclaimed during its run, picking up a Peabody Award, seven Emmys, and even a Grammy.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Boss also applauded the managing team of Five Below for their strong direction and recent strategic initiatives.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Their remaining team-mates applauded the away enclosure, but many in that section were gesticulating their disdain.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Knowles spoke with Sherri Shepherd on the Sherri show, and praised Blue Ivy for performing onstage with her mother in front of crowds of 70,000 people per night.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Nagy says Takaichi will likely praise Trump on his immigration policy, which has involved pursuing mass deportations and tightening restrictions on legal immigration.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The couple, who hail from the same Texas town, met in elementary school and began dating as teenagers.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The film hails from MLB Studios and BD4, the sports and documentary label under the Banijay America banner.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Similar to Swift in the music video for the Billboard Hot 100-topping track, Kelce closed his hands into fists and waved his arms up and down in celebration, meanwhile the 14-time Grammy winner excitedly cheered for him from her box suite in the upper level of Arrowhead Stadium.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Off-camera cheering her on was a group of Drummond’s family members, including her 28-year-old daughter Alex Drummond Scott, and her 10-month-old granddaughter, Sophia Marie.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What Komasa gives us are samples of slick videos produced by the Cumberland Company that extol the values of freedom, dignity, destiny and, perhaps most ambiguous, solidarity.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Music fans are still mourning the death of legendary singer D’Angelo and lauding how the vastness of his musical experiences, from gospel to funk to soul, permeates his catalog.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The quick and thoughtful actions of the suspect’s family and authorities were lauded by experts and officials alike.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laureate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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