as in glorious
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as in elevated
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 praised
to proclaim the glory of
monstrous, gaudy gambling palaces that seem to exalt the very notion of excess
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Recent Examples of exalted
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Through Iwuji’s own exalted eloquence, Cyrano’s artistic relationship to language becomes a matter of life or death.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Until then, only the U.S. dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen had enjoyed this exalted status.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Attending as a cover star, Carpenter dressed for her exalted role in an appropriately glamorous Miu Miu dress.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
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Could the Queen possibly have been indulging in a moment of self-referential humor about her own exalted social status?
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Through Iwuji’s own exalted eloquence, Cyrano’s artistic relationship to language becomes a matter of life or death.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Until then, only the U.S. dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen had enjoyed this exalted status.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Attending as a cover star, Carpenter dressed for her exalted role in an appropriately glamorous Miu Miu dress.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
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As the boy who gets his wish to be big, Hanks gives a glorious, hilarious, and sweet performance as a 12-year-old in a grown-up’s body.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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Observe the treasured buzz of Italians socializing: dancers in traditional costumes at community celebrations; families regularly gathering to share platters of food on long tables; youthful flirting of sunbathers together under glorious skies.Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Bob Squier, a Democrat, and Roger Ailes, a Republican, appeared as dueling talking heads on the Today show in the 1980s in part because their profiles had been elevated by regular appearances on Page Six.Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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The groom kept his look relaxed yet elevated in a tan suit, white button-down shirt, and, of course, no shoes.Shelby Wax, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024
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That same soil is what lends poblano chiles—traditionally from Puebla—the peppery flavor that characterizes the most famous local dish, chiles en nogada, says Zach Rabinor, founder of the luxury travel outfit Journey Mexico.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Rocio Fabbro takes a look at what the world’s most famous investor might do with all that cash.Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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Gary Robinson, founder of Magnum Drywall in San Jose, has a couple of big interests — aviation and country music — and both were celebrated Thursday night when he was honored with the 50th annual Distinguished Citizen award from the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council of Scouting America.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, a Colorado Springs Republican and the party’s top House official, celebrated the results Thursday night.Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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This man needs to accept that he’s been blessed with five beautiful and healthy children, thank his lucky stars and stop being selfish.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In the hands of those blessed or cursed with the urge to sculpt plants, a topiary develops character.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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The other, Laetitia Lopez, came out of Paris' renowned fashion houses with a talent for designing purses, luggage, jewelry and furniture.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Three hours from both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Fresno is more reminiscent of Middle America than the globally renowned big cities that anchor the country's most populous state.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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The American Academy of Sciences & Letters has announced the 10 recipients of this year’s Barry Prize, given to scholars at U.S. colleges and universities for distinguished intellectual achievements in the arts, sciences and learned professions.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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In the transcripts, Man Boy Slim—a rickety thin 20-year-old local, with, at a cursory glance, a distinguished career at that time of stealing hubcaps and hunting deer out of season—made many claims about the biologists.Jeff VanderMeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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Jones studied briefly at the eminent Schillinger House (now known as the Berklee College of Music) in Boston in the 1950s.Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Have a portrait of Josef Gingold: Gingold was an eminent violinist and teacher of that instrument.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Exalted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exalted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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