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[uh-kleym] / əˈkleɪm /




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The play, first produced to acclaim in London, takes place primarily in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

So when the 21-year-old took the acclaim of an ecstatic Emirates Arena crowd after being announced as the Glasgow 2026 all-around champion, it was all he had ever dreamed of and so much more.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Despite the acclaim his Birmingham restaurant The Wilderness commands, Claridge says the reality behind the kitchen doors is one of soaring costs, shrinking margins and constant uncertainty.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Chef and co-owner Danny Castillo has earned national acclaim for his Texas-style smoked brisket, chickens, sausages and other meats informed by the ethnic backgrounds of his crew — white, Mexican, Argentine, Filipino and others.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Speaking out more boldly than he had during the entire strike, he made a statement that would bring him national attention and acclaim.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

When Mr. Marx acclaims “Old Town Road” as an “incredible homegrown feat,” he praises what he damns elsewhere as the second sickness of our age.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

In a review headlined “Flaunting It,” New York Times book critic Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote, “George Lois may be nearly as great a genius of mass communication as he acclaims himself to be.”

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2022

There are countless ways to get B’s and C’s without building the “creativity, leadership and teamwork skills” that Mr. Grant rightly acclaims.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2018

Each midwinter Science acclaims outstanding workers in schools, factories and offices by means of medals, prizes, publicity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immediately from the narrow staircase there arose a series of those acclaims that usually attend the progress of royalty, =174= and, in even an intenser degree, of rats.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville

Thankfully, Curry did not allow any eerie rumors to deter him from securing the home, which was originally built in 1922, having been designed by acclaimed architect Stiles O. Clements.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is internationally acclaimed for its spectacular granite cliffs, glaciers, waterfalls, sequoia trees and wildlife.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Derbez is now the lead singer, sax player and band manager of Diles Que No Me Maten: one of the most acclaimed indie bands to emerge from Mexico in the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Eight months earlier, in February 1992, the man who was the author of the internationally acclaimed Roots passed away suddenly in the middle of the night.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The installations, unveiled last week, include an oversize rendering of Rome’s ubiquitous drinking fountains and a giant wooden doorstop, acclaiming Rome as an open city.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2021

Pundits worldwide were united in acclaiming it as one of the best England performances of all time, if not the very best.

From Reuters Nov. 2, 2019

But no one is loudly acclaiming you for it.

From The Guardian Sep. 6, 2016

He confessed as much to the left-wing American writer Anna Louise Strong in 1958, when she was about to write a book acclaiming Mao's Great Leap Forward.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2013

Wherever his carriage made its public appearance it was sure to be followed by an admiring and acclaiming crowd.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy




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