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esteem

[ih-steem] / ɪˈstim /




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To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.


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The pair were united by a shared concern for the rights of migrants and held each other in great esteem, despite cultural and religious differences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mainstream culture’s relatively lower esteem for the Green Lantern is absolutely related to cartoonish interpretations of his power in live-action depictions.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Robert Coover’s “The Universal Baseball Association Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.” has grown in esteem since the novel was first published in 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“The NBA should desire to protect and esteem women, many of whom work diligently every day to make this the best basketball league in the world,” Kornet wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

This included the esteem accorded to women who held life-giving roles as healers and midwives.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

“I know that he esteems her a lot, like all the Jesuits of Argentina and Uruguay, because they consider her their spiritual mother,” Correale told The Associated Press in the runup to the ceremony.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

The great irony, or the sublime absurdity, is that like a priest who practices his faith after the death of God, Daoud esteems Camus even as he exposes the Nobel Prize-winning writer’s blind spots.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2015

PEN esteems not only exquisite literature, but also the right of all people to express themselves.

From Slate ● May 6, 2015

This is not contributing to a culture that esteems them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2012

My father esteems him highly, though he is not always ready to follow whither he would lead.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

In a country that esteemed practicality, fiction was enlisted to speak directly to a cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Immigrants lived near the mission, and esteemed Spanish Mexican families lived in large mansions around the churches that dot Old Town in the mid-19th century — many came post-Spanish-Mexican wars.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

The 36-year-old, who co-ran the esteemed Fulgurances restaurant in Paris and New York before opening Gigi's this month, said his pricing falls in line with industry standards.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

So did Redick, who deserves credit for reacting to the late news of Durant’s absence, as he and his esteemed coaching staff drew up effective adjustments on the fly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

The Barnetts belonged to a small elite group referred to by the esteemed black sociologist St. Clair Drake as “the Refined.”

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

What nudged Americans from esteeming fastidious high-culture figures like Muck to idolizing personally crude pop-culture stars like Ruth?

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

The Russians, esteeming ceremony as a proud proletarian power should, outdid themselves in welcome.

From Time Magazine Archive

So esteeming it, she had played the part of castigator.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

In point of fact, they did not abandon their idea for an hour, esteeming themselves the only men in Paris who had not lost their heads.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

She, on her part, grateful for this attachment and at the same time esteeming his mind and character, reciprocated with her whole heart.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz




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