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acclaim

[uh-klaym] / əˈkleɪm /




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Finally, Mr. David assumed the showrunner position himself, to growing acclaim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But Bill Pay was clearly not aiming for highbrow acclaim in the way Barbie aimed for the Oscars.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Just a year later, the Thomas Tunnock lifeboat, named in honour of the businessman's late brother and grandfather, was launched to great acclaim.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But after earning critical acclaim and two supporting Emmy nominations for her turn as type A, ponytail-loving Kim Wexler on “Better Call Saul” without a win, many prognosticators noted recognition for Seehorn was long overdue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Jack started to protest but the clamor changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

When Mr. Marx acclaims “Old Town Road” as an “incredible homegrown feat,” he praises what he damns elsewhere as the second sickness of our age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

In a review headlined “Flaunting It,” New York Times book critic Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote, “George Lois may be nearly as great a genius of mass communication as he acclaims himself to be.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022

There are countless ways to get B’s and C’s without building the “creativity, leadership and teamwork skills” that Mr. Grant rightly acclaims.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2018

Robert Ortner, chief economist for the Commerce Department, acclaims the present restructuring efforts of corporate America as "amazing."

From Time Magazine Archive

But the verdict of the centuries, which is the verdict of the eternities to come, acclaims that "failure" as the greatest triumph of the ages, the victory of victories.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by James Edward Talmage

You’re still having to learn a vast repertoire of another band and accommodate your style as a working professional and acclaimed musician of many years into someone else’s.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"The Social Reckoning" serves as a sequel of sorts to 2010's "The Social Network," Sorkin's acclaimed film that chronicled Facebook's origins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The surge in porridge popularity could be fuelled by the success of the highly acclaimed documentary film The Golden Spurtle, which followed competitors at the 2023 championships.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I ask Zuccarini if he ever recruits students from Truman’s acclaimed drama program, but he doesn’t know anything about it.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Harold’s knights pivot from acclaiming him with open palms and loyal smiles to pointing fearfully at the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The installations, unveiled last week, include an oversize rendering of Rome’s ubiquitous drinking fountains and a giant wooden doorstop, acclaiming Rome as an open city.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

Pundits worldwide were united in acclaiming it as one of the best England performances of all time, if not the very best.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2019

But no one is loudly acclaiming you for it.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2016

Hark! heard ye not at times the acclaiming word Of harps, as when those bards, in white array, Hailed the ascending lord of light and day!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan




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