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esteem

[ih-steem] / ɪˈstim /




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To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.


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Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Dawn Huggins, said Norman Irwin was held in high esteem across the borough and had taken part in many council events over the years.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Mainstream culture’s relatively lower esteem for the Green Lantern is absolutely related to cartoonish interpretations of his power in live-action depictions.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

That was esteem and respect, and we used to joke a lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

"You esteem this Penrose more than you do my lords bannermen. Why?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

“I know that he esteems her a lot, like all the Jesuits of Argentina and Uruguay, because they consider her their spiritual mother,” Correale told The Associated Press in the runup to the ceremony.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

The great irony, or the sublime absurdity, is that like a priest who practices his faith after the death of God, Daoud esteems Camus even as he exposes the Nobel Prize-winning writer’s blind spots.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2015

PEN esteems not only exquisite literature, but also the right of all people to express themselves.

From Slate ● May 6, 2015

This is not contributing to a culture that esteems them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2012

Then the vulgar greeting, the tipsy grasp, the friend in the market-place:-- The man who hails you Tom or Jack And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit!

From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

Ronald Lauder’s esteemed collection of German and Austrian art will be owned and operated by the Met starting in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Immigrants lived near the mission, and esteemed Spanish Mexican families lived in large mansions around the churches that dot Old Town in the mid-19th century — many came post-Spanish-Mexican wars.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

The 36-year-old, who co-ran the esteemed Fulgurances restaurant in Paris and New York before opening Gigi's this month, said his pricing falls in line with industry standards.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Two of our esteemed gubernatorial candidates, the cowboy and the dilettante, apparently could not find ties for the first debate Wednesday night, showing up with dress shirts casually unbuttoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Slowly, carefully, she told him, “I will never call you an old toad again, esteemed guest.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

What nudged Americans from esteeming fastidious high-culture figures like Muck to idolizing personally crude pop-culture stars like Ruth?

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

The Russians, esteeming ceremony as a proud proletarian power should, outdid themselves in welcome.

From Time Magazine Archive

In point of fact, they did not abandon their idea for an hour, esteeming themselves the only men in Paris who had not lost their heads.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

The Purrah itself is solicitous to diffuse this notion as much as possible, esteeming it a good mean for increasing its power and influence.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

And this he did from a sense of its suitableness to promote the best ends and aims; esteeming his gifts and accomplishments due to pursuits which seemed the natural means of securing self-respect and independence.

From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott




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