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adulation

[aj-uh-lay-shuhn] / ˌædʒ əˈleɪ ʃən /


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You want to see the level of appreciation and adulation that the team gets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

"You can tell that she doesn't enjoy doing stuff in front of the media, but she still has this adulation from everybody," the Northern Irishman said.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Although the strange oppressiveness of collective adulation isn’t new, it is becoming far more ubiquitous – and insidious – in the attention economy.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

You can tone down your chatbot’s temperament in the tool’s settings, though some adulation might slip through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

He had never been celebrated for anything, and yet here he was, a part of something that was the focus of not just admiration but a kind of adulation.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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