LAUREATING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

laureating

verb

present participle of laureate

as in applauding

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The royals were captive spectators, standing and applauding the athletes.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Top leaders in the industry have been highly supportive of the trend, with Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi applauding an engineer who spent more than $7,000 in tokens over a two week period.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of applauding

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Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
But his brief remarks saluting the fallen soldiers were quickly followed by his usual blustery insistence that the war was going well.

— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of saluting

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As lawmakers and companies take on the challenge of protecting kids online, parents are cheering them on.

— Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
Alcántara, 38, was greeted at the airport by a crowd that was cheering, singing and holding their phones high in the air to get a photo of him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of cheering

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Clicking it gets a note extolling the virtues of upgrading to the premium edition.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Qualcomm’s investor day featured video endorsements from the CEOs of Meta and Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg and Satya Nadella respectively, and senior executives from Amazon and Google extolling the virtues of Qualcomm’s tech.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 June 2026

Definition of extolling

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The new plan would have adjusted VRT’s On-Demand ride booking service, which includes van pools and ride hailing services.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
Eventually, like Odysseus, most people started to find their way home, hailing cabs and heading to the subway.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026

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Duncan helped stage several exhibitions of Pousette-Dart’s work, including a showcase celebrating the centennial of his birth at the Whitney Museum of American Art, to an exhibition at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, Germany.

— News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026
The post prompted hundreds of comments celebrating and mourning the late Good Will Hunting Oscar winner.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of celebrating

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