laudation

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Recent Examples of laudation But, this laudation from my fellow travelers is far from the only praise that the Cluci Travel Backpack has received; it's earned nearly 13,000 five-star ratings from Amazon shoppers. Larry Stansbury, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023 These are the bits that tugged my heartstrings the most, injecting an otherwise frenzied laudation with a deep sigh of relief. Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022 Reve’s quintuple pirouettes in Basilio’s equally impressive variations brought gleeful laudations from the crowd, this critic included. Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018 Reve’s quintuple pirouettes in Basilio’s equally impressive variations brought gleeful laudations from the crowd, this critic included. Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudation
Noun
  • In the early years of the Church, a saint could be declared such by acclamation by the people, by cardinals, or by papal decree.
    Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Ramdin’s election to the five-year post came by acclamation at the beginning of the 56th Special Session of the General Assembly of the OAS on Monday in the presence of 25 delegates.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The two-time Grammy Award winner garnered critical acclaim with her performance as Glinda in 'Wicked,' earning herself an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
    Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Released to critical acclaim in February 2022, Elden Ring is an action RPG set in an authentic dark fantasy world, which allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The performance airs one night before the Great White Way's annual awards show.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Recently screening at France’s Series Mania, where Reinhart won the award for Best Actress, Hal & Harper will next make its New York premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 8.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The scholarships are awarded to student caddies who demonstrate academic excellence, financial need, dedication on the golf course and exemplary character.
    Jad El Reda, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
  • The guide is in line with the Space System Protection Standard, which summarizes NASA's continuous dedication to supporting the creation of exact cybersecurity standards for its space systems.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Ten hopeful singles are entering the villa to find love and take home a $100,000 cash prize.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Engler had won the game’s top prize of $250,000, beating odds of 1 in 157,050.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • Buckley’s magazine, National Review, the flagship of the movement, published regular panegyrics to anti-communist generalissimos, heaping adoration on the likes of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo, Portugal’s Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, and Spain’s Francisco Franco.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • With a watermelon treat and party decorations, of course.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
  • Across the five floors, which include the ground floor and the basement, all the structures accumulated in recent times were stripped away during the restoration to reveal 19th century decorations, 18th century trompe l’oeils, late 17th century frescoes and even earlier ornamentation.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • According to a detailed and well-sourced Washington Post exposé, the plot was directed from the highest levels of Indian intelligence, with the apparent blessing of officials close to Modi himself—all while Modi basked in Biden’s lavish encomium.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024

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“Laudation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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