: enthusiastically praised
an acclaimed performance/performer
the city's most acclaimed restaurants
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The acclaimed title opened last year’s Cannes Critics Week sidebar before winning France’s most prestigious film trophy – the Louis Delluc prize – for best first feature.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
And the acclaimed California chef Nancy Silverton opened an outpost of her beloved Osteria Mozza in Georgetown in November.
—Korsha Wilson, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Khan, an acclaimed actor, has appeared across various film genres in Bollywood cinema, including romantic comedies like Kal Ho Naa Ho and thrillers like Ek Hasina Thi.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
David Lynch, the acclaimed filmmaker who blended dreamlike surrealism with mystery and melodrama in films like Mulholland Drive and television projects like Twin Peaks, has died at 78.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
And the acclaimed California chef Nancy Silverton opened an outpost of her beloved Osteria Mozza in Georgetown in November.
—Korsha Wilson, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Khan, an acclaimed actor, has appeared across various film genres in Bollywood cinema, including romantic comedies like Kal Ho Naa Ho and thrillers like Ek Hasina Thi.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
David Lynch, the acclaimed filmmaker who blended dreamlike surrealism with mystery and melodrama in films like Mulholland Drive and television projects like Twin Peaks, has died at 78.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Acclaimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acclaimed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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