as in meritorious
deserving of high regard or great approval
it's admirable the way she helps her elderly neighbor with chores and errands every Saturday
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Recent Examples of admirable
That Seyfried and Cummings are able to take audiences to any sort of satisfying destination is admirable and even rewarding.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Coming out of the clubhouse turn, Ortiz and Sandman blew past them and hit the line two-and-a-half lengths in front of Publisher, who showed admirable kick in clawing out of the pack to place.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The debate between them is handled with admirable complexity, but the characters don’t have enough room to develop beyond the central argument of the play.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
An admirable goal, but there will still be opposition to this idea.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Coming out of the clubhouse turn, Ortiz and Sandman blew past them and hit the line two-and-a-half lengths in front of Publisher, who showed admirable kick in clawing out of the pack to place.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The debate between them is handled with admirable complexity, but the characters don’t have enough room to develop beyond the central argument of the play.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
An admirable goal, but there will still be opposition to this idea.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirable
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He was awarded a citation for courage and meritorious service after an explosion in the USS Leyte aircraft carrier’s port catapult machinery room while it was stationed in the South Boston Naval Annex, his family said.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Air Medal is awarded to anyone who distinguishes themselves through meritorious achievement while flying.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2025
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That worthy goal has been raised like a hardy perennial at least since the birth of our nation, when presumably it was calculated with quill pens.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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One worthy event all Trekkies can participate in is Trek Talks 4, an annual livestream telethon to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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That is exactly what happened for Olivia Smith’s excellent opener as Marie Hobinger hit a defence-splitting pass in to Canada’s 20-year-old rising star.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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If so, Hamlin, in particular, is excellent at managing his tires.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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In another laudable effort, Exodus has since 2020 run the Mountain Lioness Project, in Tanzania, which has so far trained 30 women porters to work as guides on Mount Kilimanjaro.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Of course, courage in the face of adversity is laudable, generically speaking, but wisdom is rarely rigid.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Economic growth − uneven and fragile In raw numbers, Cambodia’s economic progress over the past two decades has been impressive.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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After impressive defensive work, Spence laid the ball back to Vicario, who appeared to have several straightforward passing options.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The fact that the Met is staging so many new works is fundamentally praiseworthy.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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In some quarters of our society, there seems to be an eagerness to vilify great—though humanly imperfect—historical figures who have long represented praiseworthy contributions to our nation’s success.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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Weather conditions, though, are in the hands of Mother Nature — so hope for no rain, fog or haze that could negatively hinder the awesome view of the comet in the night.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Herro has been awesome this season, his first as an All-Star.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Admirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admirable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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