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praiseworthy

[preyz-wur-thee] / ˈpreɪzˌwɜr ði /


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For one thing, his novel is one of the few that looks at colonizing Mars as a legitimate, even praiseworthy, escape plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Vance, have emphasized social campaigns, such as pressuring employers to fire people who celebrated the death—or, in some cases, who simply questioned whether Kirk was a praiseworthy figure.

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

My companion thought Susan Hilferty’s costumes were the most praiseworthy feature of the production.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2024

“The effort is praiseworthy, but so excessively tardy that it is perfectly useless,” a collective of linguists wrote in the Liberation newspaper on Thursday.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2024

These were praiseworthy gestures, but it was hard to imagine that they would do him much good.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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