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commendation

[kom-uhn-dey-shuhn] / ˌkɒm ənˈdeɪ ʃən /


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Any others, beside your demonstrating dinos, who deserve commendation?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The Visalia Unified School District’s public board meeting in March was a festive and upbeat affair with a performance by a student chamber music group and a commendation for a high school cheer squad.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

The jurists are hardly due a commendation, since their previous ruling on the question was reversed 9-0 by the Supreme Court this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

It will end with a final commendation - a concluding prayer where the pontiff will be formally entrusted to God.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

Officer David Delinko had stopped on his way home from the police station, where he’d received another commendation from the chief—this time for aiding in the recapture of Dana Matherson.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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