praised

verb

past tense of praise
1
as in celebrated
to proclaim the glory of hymns that praise God

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2
as in applauded
to declare enthusiastic approval of the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program

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Recent Examples of praised Despite neither having professional boxing records, their bout, fought with headgear, was praised for its intensity and athleticism, particularly from Lex, whose jab, length, and coordination proved decisive. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Brian Schnell with the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department praised the tools used to track down the suspects. — Ted Scouten, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 Just as Bi’s and Jeffrey’s dresses stood out in the workroom, they get universally praised here. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026 The play of both lines was pleasing to Harbaugh, who praised the performances of young defensive linemen TeRah Edwards and Jacobian Guillory. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Albers praised Howe for showing the body-camera footage Friday but said law enforcement agencies should establish formal policies governing when such footage is publicly released. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026 Superintendent Blondean Davis of Matteson Elementary District 162 praised the legislation, saying when a school is in lockdown, all students and staff can do is wait, which makes the timeliness of the emergency response crucial. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Sandberg praised Schnapp for choosing to make the leap from screen to stage with an original work. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 The statement urged cities to cooperate with ICE and praised the work of immigration officers. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for praised
  1. celebrated
  2. applauded
  3. blessed
  4. hailed
  5. saluted
  6. commended
  7. acclaimed
Verb
  • Preston, who celebrated her birthday on Thursday, lost to Pareja in the round of 16 a year ago.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The assailants broke into the Regional Museum of Messina, also known as MuMem, on Saturday evening, as the port city celebrated the Ferragosto national holiday.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of celebrated
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  • Commencement speakers are getting booed offstage for mentioning it, even as breakthroughs in medicine and service delivery are applauded elsewhere.
    — Brett White, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Reaction to the law Some law enforcement leaders have applauded the new buffer zone law.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of applauded
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  • America is blessed to have billionaire entrepreneurs who accomplish such things.
    — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • So a team at Anthropic thought Claude, free of mortality and blessed with superhuman invulnerability to boredom, should have a go.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blessed
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  • Some hailed McDonnell as an Anna Delvey-type scammer, justifying her brazen ripoff of faceless lenders by scoffing at the idea that society should feel sympathy for giant corporate entities.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Roberts didn’t go that far, and some commentators hailed the opinion as a delicate compromise.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hailed
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  • The man turned his gaze northeast, saluted Maceta, and disappeared, running and glimmering, into the blue of the mist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The city's first-ever Jamaican Day Parade gave a single spotlight to Jamaican culture and saluted the extraordinary contributions of Jamaicans and Jamaican Americans.
    — Dick Brennan, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of saluted
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  • Chambers commended the officers who were in the area and responded quickly.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of commended
Verb
  • However, other acclaimed Glen Scotia malts, like the 12-Year-Old and 15-Year-Old, are widely available in the US, showcasing the quality of this historic Scottish region.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For the Moon is Éric Baudelaire’s improvisatory collaboration with kids at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, while Dan Sallitt’s What Can’t Be Mentioned catches up with characters from Sallitt’s acclaimed The Unspeakable Act.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of acclaimed

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