commending

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Normally primary candidates postpone commending their opponents until after they’ve either won or lost; Mr. Youngkin expresses his before the contest has started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

This leaves us torn between wanting to make jokes about her for not knowing this was in the bill or commending her for owning up to it and appropriately criticizing it.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2025

At just 21, Brown's post has been viewed millions of times across platforms like X and Instagram, with countless people online commending the actress for speaking up.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

On Thursday, the agency’s Chief Officers Assn., which represents dozens of command staff, weighed in with its own letter commending Crowley’s “courageous leadership and advocacy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Before commending himself to his destiny, however, the astronaut implored the engineers to execute one more check: a review of the orbital trajectory that had been generated by the IBM 7090 computer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly