as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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Recent Examples of vaunted
The kinks in the passing offense wouldn’t be as worrisome if the Eagles’ vaunted running game weren’t also enduring its own.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaunted
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The Phillies boasted a 96-66 record this season, the second-best in baseball, but were still unable to make it past the Dodgers in the playoffs.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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In four of the first six games, the opponents have boasted better receivers, tight ends and running backs.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos' defense looks like the unit that every member of that unit has bragged about to every reporter that came through Denver.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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Loyd, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray all bragged to Hammon on the championship podium that their plants are still alive — and ran with the metaphor all season of being planted, not buried.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Vaunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunted. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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