honorary
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The dons got a measure of meretricious revenge on Thatcher in 1985 when Oxford voted to deny her an honorary degree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He was one of the few humans "to have earned the title of honorary Muppet", the Muppets account posted on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ms. Parton won a Primetime Emmy Award for the Netflix film “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” in 2021 and received an honorary Oscar in November at the 2025 Governors Awards for her philanthropic work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
And her Knicks won the NBA championship — she’s at this point an honorary Knick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 1893, Ida Wells-Barnett launched the first black women’s club in Chicago, recruiting an aging Mary Richardson Jones to join as honorary chairperson.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Vocabulary lists containing honorary
Born a Crime
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Academy Awards, List 2
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The Darkest Minds
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