honorary
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“He seems to have been called by every honorary title imaginable,” noted one biographer—“the country’s leading novelist, philosopher, educator, designer, agricultural experimenter, architect, industrial management specialist, general and ping pong trainer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were awarded the honorary Freedom on a visit to York, a year after their marriage.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The motion to remove Mountbatten-Windsor's honorary Freedom three years ago was carried unanimously at a full council meeting.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
He was nominated for three other Oscars and received an honorary Oscar in 2002, which Streisand presented to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
In return, Nasir made the twenty-year-old Mohammed an honorary lieutenant in the navy.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Vocabulary lists containing honorary
Born a Crime
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Academy Awards, List 2
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The Darkest Minds
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