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applauding

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verb

present participle of applaud

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Recent Examples of applauding
Verb
Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman has announced an internal investigation into a November police shooting that killed a mother and her baby, while applauding the officer who fired the fatal bullets. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025 Some Jewish groups are applauding the effort. Jeff Zeman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025 What’s more fascinating though is the element of fans who aren’t just applauding his time at the team, but celebrating his departure. Callum Booth, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 The few standing are not applauding, while the Republican side is cheering and clapping. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025 Moscow and Beijing are no doubt applauding. James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2025 Last year, Emma Stone was left stranded in the lobby bar when her film went on an awards-winning streak − taking three major awards without the star applauding from her front-row auditorium seat. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 Some of the loudest voices applauding NED’s struggles are those who wish to see freedom fail. Peter Roskam, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025 As the giant end title came up — Still Alice, gray on white — the whole audience, over a thousand people, leapt to its feet, applauding and weeping. Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applauding
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Royals left-handed reliever Sam Long received positive news regarding the inflammation in his left elbow.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Aided by the latest tech exemptions and a possible auto industry exemption, U.S. financial markets finished in positive ground Monday.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Two women in the crowd sporting red Trump caps appeared to be outnumbered by audience members who took a more favorable stance toward Casten and the Democrats.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The move likely keeps the Pacers in a more favorable postseason picture: a first-round matchup against a Milwaukee Bucks team missing Damian Lillard and a possible second-round matchup against the Cavaliers — and not the defending champion Boston Celtics.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Thirteen models stood out to us over the course of the fall 2025 circuit, hailing from all corners of the world—from Qingdao, China to Orlando, Florida.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Grab’s everything app not only offers ride-hailing but a variety of services from food and grocery deliveries, and financial services such as payments, lending, and digital banking.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya,Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Shorts are the only categories whose winners are ineligible for best picture, acting, screenplay or any other major Oscar, due to their length.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • After a week full of monstrous swings, the S&P 500 posted its best weekly performance since November 23, while the Nasdaq saw its best week since November 2022, according to the financial data firm FactSet.
    Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Those fielding ground balls and turning double plays on the new infield are appreciative of not only the results to date, but the effort of Moeller, head groundskeeper Mike Deubel and the rest of the crew.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Not everyone is appreciative of the government actions.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On April 1, Trump's net approval rating was -2 points, with 47 approving and 49 percent disapproving.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The political scientist Francis Fukuyama gave it an approving notice in Foreign Affairs, and, a year after it was published, the head of the libertarian Cato Institute invited Scott to address its annual convention, much to his dismay.
    Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The back half of the album skews less admiring and more playful.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Viewed with this admiring, ominous reserve, the wilds and waters of Sukkwan Island remain unknowable to the last.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Applauding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applauding. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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