as in praise
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lionization
Noun
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While Monster Hunter Wilds received a lot of praise at launch, the longer-term fortunes of the game four months later have been dismal.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025 -
However, Khanna offered rare praise of Trump’s presidential campaign, approving of his promise from the 2024 election not to get into new wars.—
Grace Hagerman,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The adoration for the Italian characters grew as both filmmakers spent more and more time working with their mostly local crew on location.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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Hannah Einbinder, Natasha Lyonne and Jessica Williams embrace nudity, mutual adoration and finally learning to stop chasing each other's careers.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
Noun
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We should be united about what’s at stake, compromise in deference to the facts, and work together to build what America needs.—
John Ketchum,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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Even as Marine Corps recruiters promote enlistment as protection for families lacking legal status, directives for strict immigrant enforcement have cast away practices of deference previously afforded to military families, immigration law experts say.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Indeed, for so long, the Marvel company (like its main competitor, DC Comics) showed so little reverence for its own output, there’s astonishingly little material from the process itself, beyond interviews with artists.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Noun
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His attorneys portrayed his accusers as Hollywood wannabes and hangers-on who willingly hooked up with him to court opportunity, then recast the encounters as crimes years later to collect settlement funds and #MeToo approbation.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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Not for attention, approbation, another hit of dopamine.—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
Noun
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His assessment is based not on the slack-jawed idolatry of elite-media toadies, but on sources nobody else thought to ring up and poke.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unlike most contemporary acts subject to mass idolatry, Wolf Alice’s online presence (which, historically, has been minimal) has never been part of the appeal.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Praise and worship will be at the shrine, along with food trucks and fireworks.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The festival will also host pre-show conversations about gospel’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement, and how the music served not only as a form of worship and spiritual connection, but also as a form of protest.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Pink Pink roses depict admiration and appreciation, offering an alternative to red roses for a romantic partner.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 June 2025
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Malkin and previous coach Mike Sullivan certainly had their share of disagreements over the years, though both had admiration and respect for one another.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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“Lionization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lionization. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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