as in favorable
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expressing or containing praise
a laudatory biography The play received mostly laudatory reviews.
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Recent Examples of laudatory
More than $2 million has been spent on attack ads, laudatory pieces and the occasional misstep in this race.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
In fact, many of the employees had received laudatory reviews with no hint of any concerns.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
After dinner and words from laudatory speakers, Uncle Ken was asked to add his story.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Carr was especially laudatory of Louisiana, where a campaign to improve reading proficiency resulted in both higher- and lower-performing students exceeding 2019 scores.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
In fact, many of the employees had received laudatory reviews with no hint of any concerns.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
After dinner and words from laudatory speakers, Uncle Ken was asked to add his story.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Carr was especially laudatory of Louisiana, where a campaign to improve reading proficiency resulted in both higher- and lower-performing students exceeding 2019 scores.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laudatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudatory
Adjective
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Bubic relied on his fastball more to get in favorable counts before mixing the rest of his pitching arsenal.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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Prior to the tariff announcements, the economic backdrop was relatively favorable—inflation had been gradually easing toward the Fed’s 2% target, and unemployment was low.—
Magdy Hassan Fayed,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Experiences, both positive and negative, have to be endured.—
Shotgun Spratling,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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If that kind of freaks you out, keep this in mind: The right diet can have a positive impact on aging—and that includes the aging brain.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian president Al-Sisi.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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“Laudatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudatory. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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