high esteem
Example Sentences
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It’s been a beacon of democracy since its founding, and countries all over the world have held it in such high esteem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Abed loved journalism and held it in high esteem because it documents the truth," his father Samir Shaath told AFP, using his dead son's nickname.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
These were people held in high esteem by the political establishment, credited with electing Republican politicians to high office and protecting the nation’s moral character.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
“Available evidence suggests that the deceased was a person of high social standing—most likely a knight or commander held in particularly high esteem and respect,” said the director of the organization that supervised the excavation.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2025
Graduate Dean George Birkhoff assured Ernest of Harvard’s high esteem for Oppenheimer “as a creative theorist” and confided that the university was willing to appoint him as an associate professor at $6,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
