1
as in glorification
the act of raising someone or something in importance
He criticized our society's exaltation of wealth.
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as in joy
a strong sense of well-being, power, or importance
Until that moment, I'd never experienced anything like the exaltation of winning the championship.
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Recent Examples of exaltation
For Artaud, true culture operates through exaltation and force, an extremity of experience that breaks through the tedium and wakes us up.
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Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Of course, butter has long been a favorite food of many people—and, whether its being smoothed onto bread or melted into sauces, its exaltation isn’t exactly new.
—Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
The exaltations from bullish investors will give him enough cover to continue to make misleading declarations about what is and isn’t autonomous.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
An exaltation of the summers of his youth, Bad Bunny’s fourth album also serves as a crash course in Caribbean musical syncretism, in which elements of reggaetón, trap, house, and Dominican mambo are craftily shaken and stirred.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Of course, butter has long been a favorite food of many people—and, whether its being smoothed onto bread or melted into sauces, its exaltation isn’t exactly new.
—Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
The exaltations from bullish investors will give him enough cover to continue to make misleading declarations about what is and isn’t autonomous.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
An exaltation of the summers of his youth, Bad Bunny’s fourth album also serves as a crash course in Caribbean musical syncretism, in which elements of reggaetón, trap, house, and Dominican mambo are craftily shaken and stirred.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaltation
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Think of the way Jon M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, and Ariana Grande honed the message that Wicked was not just a remarkably successful capitalization of Broadway IP but a tribute to radical joy.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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Amid many celebratory posts on her Instagram Stories on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs clinched their third consecutive Super Bowl berth, quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ wife shared one photo that hardly sparked joy.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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As the rodent lifted its head in pleasure, Mochinski pulled down its lower lip to expose a blade of grass stuck in its teeth.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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But Trump took the most pleasure teasing Miranda, who couldn’t move or speak.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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If the case does proceed to trial, experts say, a jury could be turned off by the way DraftKings marketed its promotion offer to novice customers.—
Sean Gregory / Boston,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Pricing and promotions will also be a key to success.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Identify the customer life cycle point where product delight is at its peak and the customer is happiest with your brand.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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To finally get to work with a true comedy genius at the script stage and then on set was a daily delight.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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The creation of a hugely convincing but fake e-commerce store is another stark development in the pig butchering game, which continues to get wilder and weirder, reaping hundreds of millions for criminals, while causing deep distress and major losses to victims.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Researchers believe magnesium may play a small role in the natural creation of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate your sleep cycle.—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chalamet’s performance also earned praise from Dylan himself.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to their hands-free, pickpocket-deterring design, belt bags have earned high praise from Travel + Leisure editors, who rarely travel without one on their hip.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2025
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For looking at the night sky, choose at least 10x42, preferably 10x50, which keeps the magnification low enough to easily navigate the night sky while allowing enough light in at night.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The strong gravitational magnification enabled astronomers to detect faint background sources and study their internal structures, which can lead to identifying individual stars in distant galaxies, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
6 Jan. 2025
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The elevation of Nishino to the top post overseeing all of SIE caught industry observers by surprise.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Total twenty-four hour snow accumulations 3 to 6 inches across the lower elevations, with 5 to 9 inches across the higher terrain.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Exaltation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaltation. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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