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  • adjective Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of acclaim.

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Examples

  • Now fourteen years have passed, and in acclaimed author David Hewson’s stunning new crime novel the heart-wrenching case has come back to life as Detective Nic Costa and his fellow investigators search through layers of their city’s history–for a killer leaving a trail of bodies, lust, and revenge.

    The Seventh Sacrament by David Hewson: Book summary 2010

  • One film which was far less acclaimed is the kind of film that brings audiences together in a sick and voyeuristic way.

    GreenCine Daily: Park City Dispatch. 9. 2007

  • Of all the Latin music offerings, one of the most critically acclaimed is Latin Alternative.

    U.S. Crossover Hits Elude Latin Alternative 2006

  • Of all the Latin music offerings, one of the most critically acclaimed is Latin Alternative.

    U.S. Crossover Hits Elude Latin Alternative 2006

  • Of all the Latin music offerings, one of the most critically acclaimed is Latin Alternative.

    U.S. Crossover Hits Elude Latin Alternative 2006

  • Returning to Windsor, he was once again acclaimed as their Mayor, and after distinguished war service he was elected to the Federal House of Commons for Toronto Spadina.

    Poverty in Canada 1972

  • The one can no more block up the wind-pipes of living dogs and watch their dying convulsions, and the other can no longer lead the minds of youths and maidens to seek and find beauty in the visible world about them and recognise in it the hand of God -- but the world has known which of these men led the youth of Oxford to look up and which to look down, and to-day a merciful oblivion covers the names and doings of this triumphant vivisector and his valiant supporters, while to the farthest inch of the English-speaking realms the writings of Ruskin are treasured in a million homes and his name acclaimed with grateful reverence.

    Great Testimony against scientific cruelty Stephen Coleridge 1895

  • NEW YORK -- The author known simply as Sapphire titled her acclaimed, controversial 1996 novel Push for a simple reason: Her narrator, an illiterate and obese 16-year-old

    WN.com - Articles related to Mariah Carey to play Vanessa Hudgens' mother in new film? 2010

  • She trained at London ` s Central School of Speech and Drama in the 80 ` s before going on to criticall acclaimed roles on Broadway and in Hollywood.

    The Student Operated Press 2009

  • This new multi-part epic comes courtesy of someone who knows his way around both creating and teaching comics, namely acclaimed writer, children's art advocate, and organizer of the world's only "Kids 'Comics" convention, Alex Simmons.

    ComicList Headlines 2008

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