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public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
  • the medics received many laurels for their heroic actions during the disaster

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“Laurels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laurels. Accessed 9 Dec. 2021.

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