laudatory
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As an “American Masters” production, Peabody Award-winner Rita Coburn’s nearly two-hour documentary has an assignment: Begin at laudatory, end at ecstatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Conservative lawyers and pundits marked the occasion by publishing laudatory articles that had, to me, a distinctly valedictory feel to them.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
So even if CBS’s top trio is telling the truth about cancelling “The Late Show,” no amount of laudatory perfume can cover this stink.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
Veytia, a portly figure with a bushy mustache, seemed an unlikely Eliot Ness, but he was credited with reducing violence and hailed as “the terror of every criminal” in a laudatory corrido, or ballad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
“I think that saying prayers before each mission is a very moral and highly laudatory procedure, sir,” he offered timidly, and waited.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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