: highly regarded
an esteemed author
my esteemed colleagues
our esteemed leader/guests
He also wrote to Richard Randolph's stepfather, the esteemed lawyer St. George Tucker …—
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Garry Wills… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …—Lucy Scholes
Lucy Scholes… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."—David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …—Lia Russell
Lia RussellIf, as they say, I am a Man of Letters I come, like my fellows, at the tail-end of a long once esteemed tradition in English and American writing.—V. S. Pritchett
V. S. PritchettExamples of esteemed in a Sentence
concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist
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Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Developed by esteemed French perfumer Dominique Ropion, Dans Ton Lit smells like an orchard filled with orange blossoms in bloom.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Feb. 2025
Ten Poems by Audre Lorde The esteemed poet is author of Sister Outsider, one title on the Schomburg Black Liberation Reading List.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
The esteemed actor and director opened up about his life with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their seven-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, in an interview with the New York Times.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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