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as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
popular support and media hype have exalted Super Bowl Sunday to the level of a national holiday
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as in to celebrate
to proclaim the glory of
monstrous, gaudy gambling palaces that seem to exalt the very notion of excess
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Early Rastafarianism designated Ethiopia’s emperor Haile Selassie I as the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and the rightful messiah for Black people, rather than the white version they’d been raised to exalt.
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Lawrence Burney, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The moon is not only exalted in the sign of Taurus — which is another way to describe its overall amplification and strength — but also closely aligned with Venus, the planet of love and beauty.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
For opponents of neoliberalism today, the lesson to draw is hardly to exalt the nation above the globe.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Democratic members of Congress exalted him; Republican members of Congress reviled him.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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Lawrence Burney, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The moon is not only exalted in the sign of Taurus — which is another way to describe its overall amplification and strength — but also closely aligned with Venus, the planet of love and beauty.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
For opponents of neoliberalism today, the lesson to draw is hardly to exalt the nation above the globe.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Democratic members of Congress exalted him; Republican members of Congress reviled him.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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“Exalt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exalt. Accessed 18 Oct. 2024.
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