as in tribute
a formal expression of praise
wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth
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Recent Examples of panegyric
Founded in 1999, the website publishes reviews of new releases, re-releases, books, and concerts; articles on aspects of the recording business and the classical repertoire; and Hurwitz’s diatribes and panegyrics.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Buckley’s magazine, National Review, the flagship of the movement, published regular panegyrics to anti-communist generalissimos, heaping adoration on the likes of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo, Portugal’s Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, and Spain’s Francisco Franco.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
For example, Kenneth Khachigian, chief speechwriter for former President Ronald Reagan, wrote a panegyric about her for The Wall Street Journal, which went so far as to compare her to the Gipper.
—Robert Robb, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
At Night Market, a young Filipina chef named Strawberry conjured a mouthwatering panegyric to Middle East cuisine.
—Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022
Leave it to Grant Park Music Festival artistic director Carlos Kalmar to make sense of a head-scratcher of a season closer: A sprawling, somewhat obscure military panegyric by Handel.
—Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world.
—Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panegyric
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The Elvis Tribute Spectacular' Fans can enjoy an era-by-era tribute concert, celebrating the music of the larger-than-life King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.—
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Jones often pays tribute to Kristy on social media.—
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His personnel file includes 45 commendation letters.—
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She was honored with numerous commendations, including the Chief of Department Award for her professionalism and outstanding service.—
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The process is independent of any judicial actions stemming from the citation and does not depend on a conviction.—
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According to the arrest citation, there were three $100 bills on the outside that were real.—
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“Panegyric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panegyric. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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