Meaning of accolade in English
Examples of accolade
accolade
Worse, it is often accorded as the highest possible aesthetic accolade.
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They will just find its existence ' natural ' and that may well be the highest of accolades for its author.
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But these accolades did not accrue until many years until after their deaths.
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But the accolades that accompanied the 1997 reissue differ markedly from the critical reception of the original 1952 release.
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These few issued a rebuttal against all the accolades showered on the late leader and the ' national-state burial ' accorded him.
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Sadly, while elements of this might apply to individual chapters, only a cave-dwelling petrologist would consider these to be appropriate accolades for the whole text.
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They did not all hold the accolade in high regard, however.
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Is it a vain hope that we will have ceased our fascination with controversy, and instead hand out the accolades to the champions of co-operation?
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As the first to assert the relevance of gender to the previously 'unisex' (read male) preserve of musicology, she both deserves accolades and demands serious responses.
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Whilst the commentaries do include a few accolades boarding on the sycophantic, the commentators do not shy away from taking issue (very politely) with points made in the chapter.
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Lamont's work has earned accolades from luminaries in the field of sociology, who praise her ' ' systematic qualitative analysis.
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In a sense it is an accolade to the trustees, the directors and the staffs of the four galleries that are particularly concerned.
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I thought that that was the final accolade.
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His reward with the accolade of knighthood brought a great deal of pleasure to his many friends and acquaintances.
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This has virtually given the accolade to the figures, whether it was technically intended to or not.
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