as in meritorious
deserving of high regard or great approval
it's admirable the way she helps her elderly neighbor with chores and errands every Saturday
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Recent Examples of admirable
After attending a college party and hooking up with Amber (Grey DeLisle), Bobby displays an admirable go-with-the-flow tranquillity.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Tua Tagovailoa has done an admirable job taking care of the football during the Miami Dolphins’ first 12 training camp practices, only throwing on interception during that stretch.
—Omar Kelly
august 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Still, this is a cut above genre average, with admirable production values and a modest storytelling scale.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The four-person cast does an admirable job getting the point across with puppets — a fight between insects turns memorable when the bee loses an antenna — but a chunk gets lost in translation during the show’s latter-half encounters with unruly beavers and a traveling beggar.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Tua Tagovailoa has done an admirable job taking care of the football during the Miami Dolphins’ first 12 training camp practices, only throwing on interception during that stretch.
—Omar Kelly
august 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Still, this is a cut above genre average, with admirable production values and a modest storytelling scale.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The four-person cast does an admirable job getting the point across with puppets — a fight between insects turns memorable when the bee loses an antenna — but a chunk gets lost in translation during the show’s latter-half encounters with unruly beavers and a traveling beggar.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirable
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While there’s no question that alleviating poverty is a meritorious pursuit, so too is funding the discovery of a technology that allows millions to live more comfortably 20 years from now.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
16 July 2025
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Awards are given for meritorious activities in accreditation, continuing education, educational innovation, preuniversity education, service to the IEEE EAB, employee professional development, and related achievements that advance the practice of engineering and of engineering education.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Dec. 2020
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From the best Amazon vacuums to the best vacuums for hardwood floors, AD editors and contributors try out appliances in their homes (and across all types of floor surfaces) year-round to find options worthy for your space—and the same goes for this story.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
28 Aug. 2025
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While financial contributions from tech companies can certainly help worthy causes, philanthropy doesn’t have to stop at writing checks.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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There’s trendy hot pot and face-numbing Sichuan spots, as well as relative newcomers like the excellent Thai spot Zaab Zaab.—
Cathy Erway,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
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Just north of Venice, the Veneto region is also known for excellent wines.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, its promise to invest $100 billion in Arizona is laudable.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps laudable recognition such as this can help lift its stature on the international stage.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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While both teams boast impressive lineups, the tournament host site will also be one of the stars of the weekend.—
Zach Schenfisch,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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These are impressive figures for an original horror film, especially one that cost its backers at Warner Bros. just $38 million to produce.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
24 Aug. 2025
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Powder sand beaches, praiseworthy cuisine, endless activities, and a nightlife scene that starts at sunset and can go well past sunrise are just a few of the things that make Barbados a must this summer.—
Essence,
Essence,
20 June 2025
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The fact that the Met is staging so many new works is fundamentally praiseworthy.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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This makes for an awesome matchup against Boston’s better starters (Lucas Giolito is 8-2, Brayan Bello has a 3.25 ERA) and its radiant ace (Garrett Crochet is a few scoreless frames from an AL Triple Crown hold).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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But for all their awesome grandeur, these proposals offer no new ideas — and often no details at all — about city governance.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Admirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admirable. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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