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Recent Examples of execrate Many Democrats striving to replace Donald Trump are, while execrating him, paying him the sincerest form of flattery: imitation. George Will, National Review, 7 July 2019 Many Democrats striving to replace Donald Trump are, while execrating him, paying him the sincerest form of flattery: imitation. George Will, Twin Cities, 7 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for execrate
Verb
  • Trump hates wasting it without points on the board.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
  • People either loved to hate it or hated to love it or both, somehow, at the same time.
    Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Attorney Lauren Cerri of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard, representing the plaintiff, condemned school administration for ignoring prior complaints made by yard duty supervisors years earlier that Wilson was spending time in his classroom alone with female students during lunch recesses.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Both Israel and the US have condemned moves to recognize a Palestinian state.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some social media users have criticized the department’s reverence for the 1940s, noting the period predated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlawed segregation, as well as other landmark legislation and Supreme Court decisions that were key to the civil rights era.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Trump amps up his attacks on CEOs and other executives Trump has long used social media and his other public statements to cajole, criticize and praise companies and individual CEOs.
    Maria Aspan, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Israel has recognised shortages of food, but blames the United Nations for failing to effectively distribute supplies and Hamas for stealing it, which the groups denies.
    Dawoud Abu Alkas, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Peaceful demonstrations started in November after a railway station collapse killed 16 people, with critics blaming corruption and cost savings.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Execrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execrate. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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