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noun

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Recent Examples of praise
Verb
During these services, Black Americans praise God for their communal and individual liberation over the previous year. Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024 Global leaders praise Carter Praise for Carter's life and legacy was pouring in from around the world Monday. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
A certain Mean Girls star had paragraphs’ worth of praise to share about Bey’s performance on Instagram Stories. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024 Hilton received plenty of praise on social media for her seductive holiday look. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for praise 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for praise
Verb
  • Likewise, San Francisco’s highly impactful Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 celebrated the Panama Canal’s feat of engineering by presenting a Palace of Machinery alongside a Palace of Fine Arts, signaling the parity between art and science to more than eighteen million visitors.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The blended family has celebrated holidays and vacationed together.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At full time, the delegation, including new executive chairman Marc Watts, stayed to applaud a gritty, defensively resolute performance.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Aung Shine Oo/AP The United States and its partners applauded these developments and, with good reason, took pride in helping advance them.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Weekend warriors turned Music Row favorites, the tandem's emergence from Pittsburgh's suburbs to growing mainstream country acclaim is a story that, in being told in the spotlight, doesn't precisely frame their rise correctly.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • It world premiered to critical acclaim at the Venice International Film Festival, winning Corbet the Silver Lion for Best Director, and going on to play the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • God please bless his family, comfort them and protect the hearts of his loved 1z.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Some versions of the tradition call for getting a pomegranate blessed while attending church, then hanging the fruit on the front door from Christmas until New Year’s.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The program hails from CBS News California Investigates, a unit founded in March with the goal of examining systemic issues within California’s capitol.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Many people hailed the millennial's choice of pastime, while others shared their own similar experiences.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Outer Banks has maintained its smalltown beach charm on several of its islands, earning it recognition in the stargazing world.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Louisville merited more than 50 recognitions for standout characteristics, neighborhoods, organizations and events that make the city an alluring tourism destination, according to a list compiled by the agency.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Holst leaves the listener in the far removes of outer space, with Neptune being a study in musical mysticism, highlighted by a hidden hymning women’s chorus, as if heard from a mysterious distance.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • His own work reflects a lifelong love of reading in many genres, and his books brim with the testimonies of poets, artists, and mystics who hymn the delights of sentience.
    Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • While the bikes look exotic (kudos to the styling team), they are priced and designed for India - so far.
    Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • For those going the vintage route, kudos to any guest who turns up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in an archival Balmain frock dating between 1955 and 1958—the period when Lagerfeld served as Pierre Balmain’s assistant.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2023

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