high esteem
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"Abed loved journalism and held it in high esteem because it documents the truth," his father Samir Shaath told AFP, using his dead son's nickname.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
“Available evidence suggests that the deceased was a person of high social standing—most likely a knight or commander held in particularly high esteem and respect,” said the director of the organization that supervised the excavation.
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025
The British Horseracing Authority said Cherchi was held in high esteem around the world.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024
His high esteem for Ingmar Bergman’s stage productions had as much to do with the Swedish auteur’s boldly rigorous readings of classic texts as with the director’s concern for the human center of these plays.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Graduate Dean George Birkhoff assured Ernest of Harvard’s high esteem for Oppenheimer “as a creative theorist” and confided that the university was willing to appoint him as an associate professor at $6,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
