accolade

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Sir Tom received many honours and accolades throughout his career, including being knighted by the late Queen for his services to literature in 1997.

From BBC

He received many honours and accolades throughout his career, including being knighted by the late Queen for his services to literature in 1997.

From BBC

Turns out he was named the 2014 Maple Person of the Year by the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association, an accolade that didn’t come up at dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal

“All of the marketing and all of the social media and all of the accolades, they’ll all fall away. The thing that will endure is the work itself.”

From Los Angeles Times

But she branded and marketed it with gusto, spawning media accolades, celebrity acolytes, controversy — and a recent federal conviction for forced-labor conspiracy.

From Los Angeles Times