honors

Example Sentences

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In so doing, she honors Ma’s own efforts toward humanitarian and environmental causes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Observed on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors and mourns the military personnel who died both during wartime and times of peace.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

She graduated with honors from Princeton University, where she was a city hall reporter and news editor for the Daily Princetonian.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

I remembered primary school, the praises and the honors.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang