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exalt

[ig-zawlt] / ɪgˈzɔlt /


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So to be holding that space and then to also be in this creator space that people respect and exalt in some sort of way is crazy to me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

“The Fall Guy” may exalt anonymous film workers, but it’s lifted by the charisma and chemistry of its two leading stars.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

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

She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023

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

Mr. Maher complains about this, saying that while the Constitution gives primacy of power to Congress, in its current form the State of the Union exalts the president while diminishing the legislative branch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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

Elvis doesn’t really do speeches, but when he sings, it exalts us all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

My language has always been that of liberty and humanity, and I know by experience that nothing so exalts a nation as the union of these two principles, under all circumstances.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

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

Hospitals, he observes, “have exalted missions, which can obscure the fact that they’re just as full of territorial jerks as investment banks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Italy proved they belonged in exalted company against England, one of the pre-tournament favourites.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

“Wouldn’t you like me to have some more exalted rank?”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

“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

“I’ve danced my whole life and dance is such an exalting, exciting human expression,” Zakowska says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

At the same time, they're exalting a completely fictitious and unrealistic fantasy of a "golden age."

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025

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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