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adulate

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Definition of adulate

as in to adore

to love or admire too much it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star

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as in to congratulate

to praise too much a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her

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Recent Examples of adulate Turkey’s TB2s became adulated in Ukraine for striking Russian tanks advancing on Kyiv at the start of that war in early 2022. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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Shoppers also seem to adore 1800s-style spice racks with lots of drawers, which offer multiple spots to house goodies.

— Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
The catch is, the only time this program fits into your child’s schedule is during their advanced orchestra rehearsal or a figure drawing class that your child adores.

— Parents, Parents, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of adore

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Carr issued a statement congratulating Thumann Severs but did not express any wish for a five-member commission.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
Chances are you answer emails while sitting in meetings, listen to podcasts while exercising, scroll your phone while standing in line and congratulate ourselves for squeezing more into every hour.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of congratulate

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Set in a Manhattan luxury building whose Satan-worshipping tenants engage in ritualistic killings, the movie starred Zazie Beetz.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
His mother, who worshipped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, never missed one of FDR’s fireside chats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of worship

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Their videos work as a modern take on the narcocorridos – ballads about the trafficking underworld that drug kingpins used to praise themselves and communicate with each other, said security expert Alexei Chévez.

— Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The state Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday also praised samgyetang, a chicken soup stuffed with ginseng, glutinous rice and jujubes, reporting that Pyongyang restaurants were attracting customers seeking relief from the heat.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of praise

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Leaders of several similar operations including Masonicare in Wallingford, Duncaster in Bloomfield and Elim Park in Hamden joined Fairview officials in applauding its growth.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Commencement speakers are getting booed offstage for mentioning it, even as breakthroughs in medicine and service delivery are applauded elsewhere.

— Brett White, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of applaud

Verb

Stern and his team commended how Pastore acted in his final scene on the show.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
In all, the review from animal welfare consulting firm Team Shelter USA commends the department’s medical and surgical care, low euthanasia rates, foster program and enrichment facilities for animals at the Carlsbad shelter.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of commend

Verb

The result is sometimes overpraising, overprotection, and overindulging children, mixing emotional intensity with economic privilege in ways that breed entitlement.

— Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
As in the case of that picture, East of Eden is backed up by masterful screen storytelling that can hardly be overpraised and is complicated by no message that can be termed controversial.

— Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023

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