honorific
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The social worker, who mainly goes by her first name, reckons that a poll worker might have added the honorific to her name in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The problem is that not everyone can be mother, and it takes a certain style of cinematic performance to earn such an honorific distinction.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Time’s honorific was also a nice bit of corporate synergy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
State media soon afterwards showed a projectile said to be launched at Israel bearing the slogan, "At Your Command, Sayyid Mojtaba", using an Islamic honorific.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
They would never have gotten that honorific through Ser Jaime bannister's perfect teeth.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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