laureate

Definition of laureatenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureate
Verb
  • KidsFest activities will return for Sundays at Petco Park, with select Sundays throughout the home schedule dedicated to saluting different military branches, accomplishments and history.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The Recording Academy next weekend will salute this season’s standout music at the 68th Grammy Awards.
    Malia Mendez, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Day of the Jackal‘s freshman season was critically acclaimed and broke ratings records on both sides of the pond.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the reason Gabriel Domingues’s work on The Secret Agent — the only non-English language Casting nominee — has been so widely acclaimed.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • His ability to not only balance our budget but to turn a surplus while adding so many citizens is a model that should be applauded and envied.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Appeal expected Immigration advocates and lawyers involved in the litigation applauded the decision.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In the same breath, Cosgrove praised Diggins for being vulnerable throughout her rise up the ranks, such as sharing her struggle with an eating disorder, which has played a role in inspiring the next generation to face their own struggles.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, praised the mayor’s directive in a statement.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • My 11Alive traffic co-anchor Rachel Cox-Rosen hails from Maryland, worked her first two years as a reporter in Idaho, then switched to traffic duties at WINK in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, the majority of the American contingent hails from areas of the country with more snow than Texas with states like Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Michigan among the leaders.
    José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Everybody is rooting for you guys and everybody's cheering for you.
    MICHELLE L. PRICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In Oklahoma City, after several protests and a packed city council meeting, a company that had planned to sell its warehouse to ICE backed out of the deal – a move cheered by Republican Mayor David Holt.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • At least 600 people were subsequently fired from their jobs for social-media posts and public statements, some of which extolled the murder and some of which just quoted the victim’s own words.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • As investors watched closely, even Republicans who hesitated to condemn the probe were careful to extol the virtues of an independent central bank.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laureate. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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