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esteemed

[ih-steemd] / ɪˈstimd /
























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When DI Glyn Walsh returns unexpectedly early from bereavement leave, he and DS Sion Dearden work together to solve the perplexing murder of an esteemed university professor.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And this ambivalence proves infectious as they grow up, marry and have a child, with Dick becoming an esteemed novelist while Elle takes up English teaching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Our esteemed colleague, Josh Rottenberg, was there and wrote about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

In doing so, she would join an esteemed group including Serena Williams, Martina Hingis and Steffi Graf.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

When he had made his decision, he said, “Magister Spurge, once my esteemed guest, allow me to say: You are an idiot. An absolute idiot.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin