commendable

Example Sentences

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The tabulation — which can last weeks past election day — is the product, in large part, of a commendable objective: Encouraging as many people as possible to vote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

So it is commendable that the Detroit Institute of Arts is now giving more prominence to its collection of African-American art, which it began collecting in the 1940s, many years before others did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Instead, the fight the tourists showed early on Saturday was commendable.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Not that the PA is a thoroughly commendable organization.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025

Positive words and phrases included generously, public-spirited, wise, beneficial, commendable, carefully researched, useful, honorable, good.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements