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View definitions for applaud

applaud

verb as in clap for; express approval

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“Isabel is gonna run for City Council,” he said, prompting people to applaud.

"I applaud Justin Welby for resigning but what I think the survivor group would like is more resignations because that means more accountability, people taking responsibility for having been silent when they should have spoken," he said.

From BBC

“We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in stark details the danger of a second Trump term. Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly,” they wrote.

From Salon

Some viewers might feel the final movement spoils the film, but others will applaud the bizarre twist - as many critics have.

From BBC

I applaud her effort to reach Fox voters and I find Baier’s disingenuous question more campaign manure that shouldn’t be spread – after all too many are eager to lap it up as if it were filet instead of excrement.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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