as in applause
enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval
the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements
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Recent Examples of plaudits
Simmons began her career as a stage and screen actress, winning plaudits for her diversity and variety of roles which include ‘Showtrial’ (BBC), ‘Frenchman's Creek’ (ITV), ‘Unforgotten’ (ITV) and ‘Balcony’ which went on to win the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Having dodged a bullet, Truman won plaudits in his second term for leading a high-profile Senate investigation of waste, fraud, and inefficiency in World War II defense contracting.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Their plaudits are fully deserved after impressive work by their specialist coach Nicolas Jover.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Peter Marino is totally fine with vague plaudits for his architecture and interior design work.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Some of these campaigns are receiving widespread plaudits, like Apple’s tearjerker featuring a father who can hear his daughter sing thanks to the hearing aid feature of his AirPods.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
And Erdogan, now presiding over a collapsing economy, needs the Neo-Ottoman plaudits among his people.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
While the majority of golf plaudits and players pay attention to courses in the north around the state capital—even Tiger Woods is planning a new 8,000-yard course in Park City—golf in Southwest Utah has grown exponentially since Dixie Red Hills opened as the region’s first course in 1963.
—Michael Loré, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Too often, activists want the credit for speaking out, receiving plaudits for standing with like-minded individuals.
—Patrick Riccards, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Having dodged a bullet, Truman won plaudits in his second term for leading a high-profile Senate investigation of waste, fraud, and inefficiency in World War II defense contracting.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Their plaudits are fully deserved after impressive work by their specialist coach Nicolas Jover.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Peter Marino is totally fine with vague plaudits for his architecture and interior design work.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Some of these campaigns are receiving widespread plaudits, like Apple’s tearjerker featuring a father who can hear his daughter sing thanks to the hearing aid feature of his AirPods.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
And Erdogan, now presiding over a collapsing economy, needs the Neo-Ottoman plaudits among his people.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
While the majority of golf plaudits and players pay attention to courses in the north around the state capital—even Tiger Woods is planning a new 8,000-yard course in Park City—golf in Southwest Utah has grown exponentially since Dixie Red Hills opened as the region’s first course in 1963.
—Michael Loré, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Too often, activists want the credit for speaking out, receiving plaudits for standing with like-minded individuals.
—Patrick Riccards, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaudits
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The clearly excited audience at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital showered the band with much applause, loud cheers and many screams.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Additional posts include great praise for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party—fascinations that West has reportedly held for years.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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The performer has repeatedly voiced praise for Hitler in the past, including in a 2022 interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The next day, an audience in Park City saw Slava, Anya and Andrey’s lives on the big screen and gave the film an eight-minute standing ovation, a moving show of warmth, love and recognition for not only Ukraine, but for the art that these Ukrainian visitors had brought to the world.—
Brendan Bellomo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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Those fans saluted him with a standing ovation Thursday, accompanied by a jumbotron tribute video despite Jordan’s tongue-in-cheek insistence that Caldwell-Pope should be treated with hostility.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2025
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Kendrick Lamar took the show stage in the bootcut Céline women’s Marco Dark Union Wash Jeans during a theatric retelling of Black cultural acclamation.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Democrats are making few changes to their top leadership ranks, despite falling short of their goal of winning a House majority on Nov. 5. House Democratic caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) were both reelected by acclamation.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
20 Nov. 2024
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The seven-part stalker drama, created by and starring Richard Gadd, was a standout at this past year’s Emmys, with additional awards won in Outstanding Limited Series and Writing for a Limited Series, and also brought Gunning a Golden Globe, among other accolades.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Tucson was the first stateside city to become a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy, an accolade that nods to its more than four millennia of food culture that merges the tastes of many different groups, including Native American and modern Mexican.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Feb. 2025
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That’s to say nothing of Conclave’s performances, art direction, costuming, and cinematography, all of which are worthy of commendation.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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Catch up quick: Republicans wrested control of Hillsborough County from Democrats in 2022 and have leveraged that power to torpedo Pride commendations, slash affordable housing programs and more.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
1 Nov. 2024
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