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an expression of approval and commendation

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Usage examples (8)
  • Verb (used with object), : to extol the beauty of Naples
  • Norm Rubenstein stated that it transcended genre in his extolment for the novel, and I think that's an apt appraisal.
  • Members of the GAP party made sure to repeatedly extend their "heartfelt acclaim", however; effusively and endlessly adding their exaggerated extolment.
  • - When we, invincible within the impenetrable and unfaltering extolment of our own virtue, rain a blistering and concussive death upon 100,000 Iraqi men, women, and...
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