applaud

Example Sentences

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I applaud the SEC’s willingness to revisit its rules and to retrospectively evaluate the costs and benefits of its regulations—a practice to be admired and emulated.

From Barron's

Shah said he "applauded" Turness for doing the "honourable and proper" thing and stepping down as CEO of News, but said he did not think "that meant that the director general had also to resign".

From BBC

These were heartily applauded in the plenary halls – but their legal standing is uncertain.

From BBC

A fiction writer herself, she applauds Austen’s minimalism.

From The Wall Street Journal

The National Restaurant Association also applauded the tariff exemption on selected agricultural products, saying in a statement that the move “will help stabilize supply chains and ease cost-pressures for restaurants and their customers.”

From Barron's