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honor

[on-er] / ˈɒn ər /






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“It was an ‘afterparty’ given in their honor.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

To honor 40 years of service, we took our painter Fred, his wife and other friends and family for lunch at Windows in 1989.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Now that passion has earned him an unusual scientific honor.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

While at Leno’s garage Wednesday, Newsom also signed Assembly Bill 2541 into law, creating a special license plate to honor California’s lowrider heritage.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

And, in honor of Ali’s friend, I called my scroll “Bye Forever, I Guess.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

At Central High, I excelled in basketball and baseball, earning all-city honors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The energy of her cousin Ever finds its way into most of her work and the car project honors him too; he also had the same type of vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

On Monday, a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant named Pierre Damas Bel, who graduated from high school with honors in May, walked into traffic on I-70 in Springfield highway and was killed.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

The medal is one of the highest honors associated with human spaceflight in the United States.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

I know Jessica from my honors biology class.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Some executives considering investing in Venezuela have sought her out, said members of her team, seeking assurances that deals struck with the current government would be honored in any transition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Sher and his aide and friend Kip Lipper attended a 2010 banquet in San Francisco at which the California League of Conservation Voters honored Justice Newsom with the Byron Sher Lifetime Achievement Award.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Earlier this month, a pair of ceremonies, formerly called the Creative Arts Emmys, honored artistic and technical achievements as well as some performance categories.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

In 2010, a reclusive Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman was honored for proving the Poincaré conjecture, the first Millennium Prize Problem to be solved.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

At the end of life, a fallen brother was honored by his fellow butchers with a last tribute: an elaborate funeral wreath in the shape of a broken cleaver.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

His passing was not unexpected, but honoring his simple, decent memory is very important to me in the days and years ahead.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art declared it would no longer proceed with its Costume Institute’s upcoming exhibition honoring John Galliano, scheduled to debut next year.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

“This is a big celebration for us because it took us so long to get here, but it’s something that I felt very very strongly about in terms of honoring illustrators,” said Hobson.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The Metropolitan Museum of Art canceled a planned May 2027 exhibit and gala honoring fashion designer John Galliano.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The Oklahoma boys did some of their dancing, too, and the Zuni guy sang a kind of honoring song for everyone.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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