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exalt

[ig-zawlt] / ɪgˈzɔlt /


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So to be holding that space and then to also be in this creator space that people respect and exalt in some sort of way is crazy to me.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

We certainly don't fault them for their bad decision-making skills — we exalt them.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2024

Francis “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference,” Bruni said in a statement.

From Washington Times Aug. 29, 2023

She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

His reputation with the Army was at stake, and his ambition to conquer Troy and exalt Greece.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Mr. Maher complains about this, saying that while the Constitution gives primacy of power to Congress, in its current form the State of the Union exalts the president while diminishing the legislative branch.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Southern Company exalts Plant Vogtle as a key clean energy asset.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2023

But that's the kind of thing that our culture exalts these days.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2023

“Harlem,” the vibrant series following four flawed and fabulous Black women tearing up Upper Manhattan, exalts female friendship above all else.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2023

These few are the flower of their species,—its ornaments and benefactors,—for the flower issues in most precious fruit, which finally nourishes and exalts the whole.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

She had an exalted view of her role as first lady, sometimes seeming to regard herself as a sort of deputy president.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

Childs’ exalted use of dance and Kosky’s dazzling theatrical imagination may have moved us into a sleeker, more sophisticated and paradisal Glassian realm, but the sheer passion McDermott and Stasevska bring continues its own attraction.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

His novel “Caleb Williams” introduces an embattled young hero, born poor and largely self-educated, who perceives justice in exalted terms.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

And the third was always special, exalted, endowed with mystical gifts.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“I can’t describe how beautiful, calm, sacred, exciting, and exalting it was. It was just a dream,” she told the outlet.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

She was an artful, innovative interpreter of other people’s songs, in the vein of Frank Sinatra, in an era when audiences—and especially critics—were exalting the singer-songwriter model instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

At Ecomoda, a Colombian fashion company that prided itself on exalting beauty and style, this lowly secretary was an odd duck.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

TV viewers can watch the massive Globo network’s seven-year campaign exalting the sector.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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