as in applauding
to declare enthusiastic approval of
I salute the idea of healthier lunch options for our students
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Recent Examples of saluting
The tradition of saluting White Sox home runs continues to this day.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
As Deadline’s Ted Johnson reported in 2025, the NAB has also taken out ads saluting Carr and the FCC.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong By far the most exciting performance scheduled at Jazz Fest’s Economy Hall Tent features one of the Crescent City’s greatest living trumpeters saluting the most important trumpeter in New Orleans history.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
Build a new Garden, with rafters for the banners saluting New York’s past champions and heroes — and with plenty of room for new ones.
—Ellis T. “skip” Prince, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
The investigation came about after Kid Rock shared a video to X of himself saluting the helicopter hovering near his home.
—Annie Harrigan, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
On Saturday, Kid Rock posted on his social media two videos of him pointing to and saluting two AH-64 Apache helicopters flying low and hovering adjacent to his swimming pool.
—Steven Beynon, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
The video shows the helicopter flying outside of Kid Rock’s house as the musician stands near his pool, clapping and saluting the military personnel flying.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
In the video, he could be seen clapping and saluting.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
As Deadline’s Ted Johnson reported in 2025, the NAB has also taken out ads saluting Carr and the FCC.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong By far the most exciting performance scheduled at Jazz Fest’s Economy Hall Tent features one of the Crescent City’s greatest living trumpeters saluting the most important trumpeter in New Orleans history.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
Build a new Garden, with rafters for the banners saluting New York’s past champions and heroes — and with plenty of room for new ones.
—Ellis T. “skip” Prince, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
The investigation came about after Kid Rock shared a video to X of himself saluting the helicopter hovering near his home.
—Annie Harrigan, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
On Saturday, Kid Rock posted on his social media two videos of him pointing to and saluting two AH-64 Apache helicopters flying low and hovering adjacent to his swimming pool.
—Steven Beynon, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
The video shows the helicopter flying outside of Kid Rock’s house as the musician stands near his pool, clapping and saluting the military personnel flying.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
In the video, he could be seen clapping and saluting.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saluting
Verb
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He was given a standing ovation and responded by applauding all four sides of the stadium.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The audience responded by applauding.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The president has surely been pleased that a friendly new Post opinion page has written columns so regularly praising his foreign policy acumen, and supporters of Ukraine may also be grateful.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Franklin’s post, which included a time lapse of her artistic process, accrued hundreds of comments praising her work as well as the film’s decision to hire a human artist for the project.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, believes that the stock will find strong support around the $70 to $72 level, and investors should buy shares if the ride-hailing service trades in that area.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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These were selected from 15 feature-length films and 15 shorts hailing from Latin America and Asia.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 May 2026
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“Saluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saluting. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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