exalt
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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
The power of film to irrationally transform and exalt is almost a religion to Woo, and another reason why he was the natural go-to guy for this lucrative movie franchise.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
But to compare Shree to Western writers is to miss the point of “Tomb of Sand”: to exalt Hindustan beyond the bloodstained legacy of its former colonial powers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
Enshrined, meaning to cherish, revere, exalt, consecrate and sanctify, is a word of dignity and respect now side-by-side with same-sex marriages and families, and interracial families.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
In a curious way, many people simultaneously exalt and dismiss mathematicians and scientists as impractical whizzes.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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At a time when our right to protest is under siege, this sci-fi yarn exalts the way an individual’s conviction can plant seeds of change, leading to a stronger sense of community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Mr. Stephens comments in a way that exalts the passage’s author: “Given this statement, it seems implausible that . . . Marcus bowed to trumpery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 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
He is a person who exalts some one moral rule at the expense of the others.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
Duchamp’s obsession with appearing detached from conventional aesthetic judgments elevated him to an exalted status among his peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
And martyrs are exalted in Shiite Islam, Iran’s prevalent faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Italy proved they belonged in exalted company against England, one of the pre-tournament favourites.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
When he hit three homers in a game once, he didn’t go back to the bench feeling exalted.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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“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
In famous Sistema fashion, they moved as a single organism, exalting in their oneness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 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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