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adjective

esteemed

having an illustrious reputation; respected

In a sentence

Six example sentences with esteemed, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her novels were dismissed for decades before critics ranked her among the most esteemed writers of the postwar period.

    Literature

  • The hospital recruited an esteemed cardiac surgeon whose techniques are now taught in training programs on four continents.

    Medicine

  • Only firms with esteemed portfolios were invited to submit designs for the new concert hall beside the harbor.

    Architecture

  • The most esteemed teacher in the academy refused to publish, insisting that ideas belong in conversation rather than books.

    Philosophy

  • An esteemed appellate judge spent her retirement teaching first-year students how to read a single paragraph slowly.

    Law

  • The conservatory's most esteemed pianist still practiced scales for an hour each morning at eighty-one.

    Music

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