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due praise
noun as in full marks
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Russell Wilson is getting his due praise on offense for the Seahawks, but Wagner deserves similar credit for his contributions.
I can only surmise that as an American-style “power gymnast,” Biles does not get due praise for her form because her body does not have what is euphemistically called the “international look,” i.e. that of a Russian ballet dancer run through a de-bigifier.
Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard.
Evander Holyfield predicted the Bolton underdog may beat the WBC middleweight champion, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, and Oscar De La Hoya – his promoter’s grin never far from showing off his perfect white teeth – also gave due praise to the challenger for moving up two weight classes and “daring to be great”.
England, so rampant in the third Test win in Johannesburg, were well below their best in the first two sessions, with Stuart Broad and James Taylor perhaps the only members of the XI that were due praise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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