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
While it's commendable for an artist to put music ahead of profit, it took Azalea another four years for release new music.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 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
Not that the PA is a thoroughly commendable organization.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025
A streak of tolerance was detectable; Finny decided that they were beginning to show commendable signs of maturity.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing commendable
Thumbs Up: Synonyms for "Good"
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