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exalt

[ig-zawlt] / ɪgˈzɔlt /


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So to be holding that space and then to also be in this creator space that people respect and exalt in some sort of way is crazy to me.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

Perhaps if we exalt good lighting for watching media in our homes, word will get back to Hollywood.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

Francis “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference,” Bruni said in a statement.

From Washington Times Aug. 29, 2023

She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

Of course they would exalt the priests and rulers who promised to maintain this miracle.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He echoes throughout her work, in her sense of ecstasy, in how she exalts the world around her, down to the humble leaf of grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

At a time when our right to protest is under siege, this sci-fi yarn exalts the way an individual’s conviction can plant seeds of change, leading to a stronger sense of community.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Southern Company exalts Plant Vogtle as a key clean energy asset.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2023

But that's the kind of thing that our culture exalts these days.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2023

Of all the writers in the New Testament, none, certainly, exalts "faith" so highly as St. Paul.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle

“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors,” he reflected, “the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Duchamp’s obsession with appearing detached from conventional aesthetic judgments elevated him to an exalted status among his peers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

In that, he is in exalted company - Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher are the others.

From BBC May 3, 2026

And martyrs are exalted in Shiite Islam, Iran’s prevalent faith.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2026

He secretly hoped that it would start raining heavily, then the rest of the army would recognize his exalted position when they were outside getting soaked, while he was snug and dry inside the tent.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“I can’t describe how beautiful, calm, sacred, exciting, and exalting it was. It was just a dream,” she told the outlet.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

She was an artful, innovative interpreter of other people’s songs, in the vein of Frank Sinatra, in an era when audiences—and especially critics—were exalting the singer-songwriter model instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

At the same time, they're exalting a completely fictitious and unrealistic fantasy of a "golden age."

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

John Nieporte, the head pro at Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf club, raved about Trump as a “great boss and helluva golfer,” exalting his game from tee shot to the putting green.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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