laureating

present participle of laureate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureating
Verb
  • Sunday night’s ceremony offered a different message — Broadway is willing to work with Rudin, but applauding him is still a bridge too far.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • The rescue also drew praise on social media, with many users applauding Myron's quick actions and willingness to help a stranger.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Why Vang doesn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance When asked about Vang’s practice of abstaining from saluting the flag, her campaign spokesperson said that her past statements on the matter speak for themselves.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • Along the journey, sidewalks were lined with people waving American flags and saluting the motorcade.
    Susan Young, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Yet there Knicks fans were, in droves, cheering their team on in their first NBA Finals appearance in a quarter-century.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • Hobson played football at Alabama-Birmingham and grew up cheering for the Crimson Tide in his home state.
    Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Kelli cries over how solid the Mwangi unit is, praising Gerald as a father and husband and affirming that Shamea’s ass is real, while everyone else looks on, bewildered.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • On Friday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson posted on social media praising a reported drop in homicides in his city on Gun Violence Awareness Day.
    Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Porowski is extolling, of course, Hôtel de Crillon—a Rosewood Hotel, which is exceptional even among Paris’s extraordinary five-star accommodations, where service is an art form.
    Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The handwritten sign on the cooler, extolling the glories of bottarga, is your first hint that Bottega Gabriele’s Italian bona fides run deep.
    Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Beijing/Seoul — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first visit to North Korea in seven years wasn’t just loaded with rhetoric hailing historic ties between China and its longstanding – and only – treaty ally.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • But the bans only enhanced his fame, with conservative pundits hailing him as a free-speech martyr.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • With Sour Power raining down at Foley Field and the Bulldogs celebrating in the background, Wes Johnson and Daniel Jackson shared an embrace.
    Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 8 June 2026
  • His banner image behind that avatar is a shot of the Knicks celebrating their first Eastern Conference finals win since 1999.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Or lauding his attainment of the nation’s highest office without much schooling at all?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Huerta, who turned 96 in April, spoke during Saturday’s ceremony and called for an end to homophobia and violence against women while lauding gains made by farmworkers through organizing.
    Jeff Horseman, Daily News, 17 May 2026
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“Laureating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laureating. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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