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laudatory

[law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈlɔ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Mainstream news outlets portrayed this move in laudatory terms.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

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

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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