exalted
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“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors,” he reflected, “the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
I guess what I’m getting at is: It didn’t feel exalted, but I felt purpose and that it was OK to have some responsibility — like a pastor with a congregation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Odd values—unthinking school spirit, proms, jockhood—are exalted, while the best values—free thinking, nonconformity, curiosity—are ridiculed.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing exalted
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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