laureate

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Recent Examples of laureate The board currently includes nine Nobel laureates, many of them in physics, physiology or medicine. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025 Last week, 153 top Nobel Prize and World Food Prize laureates sounded an alarm about the dangerous consequences of the world’s current approach to climate action and food system change. Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 All six of the 2016 American Nobel laureates in science and economics were immigrants. L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2017 Stories from Silicon Valley, the UN and Nobel laureates highlight how diversity fuels innovation and resilience. Gyehyon Andrea Jo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for laureate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureate
Verb
  • Trump had already saluted the contributions of African Americans in a proclamation on Jan. 31.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Brown saluted Hegseth as his motorcade arrived, then shook his hand as the two exchanged pleasantries.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The accompanying imagery was shot by long-time Beyoncé collaborator and acclaimed photographer Mason Poole.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The move was widely viewed as an attempt to place attention on himself while capitalizing on Kendrick’s big moment, further fueling speculation that West has become jealous of the fanfare and acclaim the Compton rapper has received over the past year.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This is the other cost-cutting tip – there were only two – that consumers applauded, on balance, in the Wells Fargo survey.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Pritzker applauded Illinois student test scores in reading and math.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Trump administration has praised Musk's effort, and indicated far more is on the way.
    Andre Tartar Bloomberg News (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • When Google started to roll out passkeys in 2023, it was hailed as the end of the password.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Raj Ganguly, co-CEO of B Capital, hailed the Gulf state’s approach to artificial intelligence, and its support for the sector, as of particular interest.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • One bus transported detainees from Israel’s Ofer prison in the Occupied West Bank to Ramallah where cheering crowds had gathered to greet them.
    Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In the last slide was a video of her character Zöe, a bartender, dancing with a ketchup bottle with Moynahan and Bello cheering her on.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Inspired by a trip to South Africa in which Kendrick visited Nelson Mandela’s cell, the cautiously optimistic track extols the work of perseverance, citing previous Black struggles as evidence that the future is not foreclosed.
    Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Armstrong Williams admirably extols the virtue of family and religion on these pages.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Looking fashionable aside, the family went to the renowned Jardin Majorelle, which is lauded as one of the most mysterious gardens in Morocco.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 25 Feb. 2025
  • She was later invited back to participate in the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber where she was lauded as a standout roaster.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025

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