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honorary

[on-uh-rer-ee] / ˈɒn əˌrɛr i /
ADJECTIVE
honorific
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“He seems to have been called by every honorary title imaginable,” noted one biographer—“the country’s leading novelist, philosopher, educator, designer, agricultural experimenter, architect, industrial management specialist, general and ping pong trainer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Allan won eight Emmy Awards, five Bafta's and was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society throughout his career.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

He was nominated for three other Oscars and received an honorary Oscar in 2002, which Streisand presented to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Then came a shift in 2016, when the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Lynn Stalmaster, who cast hundreds of films and jump-started the careers of Dustin Hoffman, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta and Christopher Reeve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He had cultivated Groves assiduously, even sponsoring the general for an honorary Berkeley doctorate, conferred in 1945.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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