laureate
Example Sentences
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Then, in January, Esa-Pekka Salonen, named music conductor laureate in 2009 after his transformative 17 years as music director, begins his first concerts in his new role of creative director, assuring the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Tennyson became the only poet laureate to be elevated to the House of Lords.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Nobel laureate and outgoing interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has said, "there's no anti-Hindu violence", dismissing such reports as "fake news" by the Indian media.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Apparently, he is the “poet laureate of the sixth grade.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
