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exalt

[ig-zawlt] / ɪgˈzɔlt /


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We certainly don't fault them for their bad decision-making skills — we exalt them.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2024

Francis “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference,” Bruni said in a statement.

From Washington Times Aug. 29, 2023

The power of film to irrationally transform and exalt is almost a religion to Woo, and another reason why he was the natural go-to guy for this lucrative movie franchise.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2023

She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

Our literature, our films, our drama, our folklore all exalt it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Mr. Stephens comments in a way that exalts the passage’s author: “Given this statement, it seems implausible that . . . Marcus bowed to trumpery.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

Southern Company exalts Plant Vogtle as a key clean energy asset.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2023

But that's the kind of thing that our culture exalts these days.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2023

“Harlem,” the vibrant series following four flawed and fabulous Black women tearing up Upper Manhattan, exalts female friendship above all else.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2023

He abjures all modern shams and artificiality and particularly the false standard that exalts the white collar job above the work involving a little honest grime.

From Knut Hamsun by Larsen, Hanna Astrup

Duchamp’s obsession with appearing detached from conventional aesthetic judgments elevated him to an exalted status among his peers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

She had an exalted view of her role as first lady, sometimes seeming to regard herself as a sort of deputy president.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

Bagharzadeh was the wife of Ali Khamenei but despite her husband's exalted position a figure of the lowest of profiles in Iran.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

I felt alone and small, but in a way that was curiously like feeling exalted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“I can’t describe how beautiful, calm, sacred, exciting, and exalting it was. It was just a dream,” she told the outlet.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

She was an artful, innovative interpreter of other people’s songs, in the vein of Frank Sinatra, in an era when audiences—and especially critics—were exalting the singer-songwriter model instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

At Ecomoda, a Colombian fashion company that prided itself on exalting beauty and style, this lowly secretary was an odd duck.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

TV viewers can watch the massive Globo network’s seven-year campaign exalting the sector.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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