nobler

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It would be a valuable prize for the country and for him, an honor far nobler than the Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The earliest on the program, “Jefferson and Liberty” from 1800, included the verse: “Here strangers from thousand shores/Compell’d by tyranny to roam;/Shall find, amidst abundant stores,/A nobler and a happier home.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

It’s ridiculous how entertaining “Air” is given that it’s about shoes, even if it works overtime to persuade you that it’s also about other, nobler truths, too.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

The writers could have employed Peters similarly in “Monster,” for the nobler reason of ceding more space to people Dahmer’s shadow obscured.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022

Then everyone cheered or bayed or neighed or trumpeted or clapped its wings and the royal pair stood looking solemn and a little shy, but all the nobler for their shyness.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis