apprized

verb

past tense of apprize
as in respected

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  1. respected
  2. admired
  3. esteemed
  4. regarded
  5. relished
  6. enjoyed
  7. revered
  8. fancied
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  • Matsumoto said the company respected Dwarf’s creativity and was prepared to pay enough, but full funding would have left the studio with no control over a highly original project.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Cultural sensitivities around Sherpas handling a dead body would also need to be respected, said Dawa.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of respected
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  • Brooks, a pastry chef through and through, had suggested Bread and Salt, a bakery I’d never been to but had admired for years.
    — Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Analisa Gabriel brought her niece, Gabrielle Diaz, a recent college graduate who has admired the Obamas for years.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of admired
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  • That esteemed cosmic vintage makes this the oldest FRB ever detected by far.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Outside songwriters are esteemed in pop and country but less so in hip-hop; outside producers are celebrated in hip-hop but less so in house and techno, where the producer is the artist.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of esteemed
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  • Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The signing is regarded among the worst in franchise history, though the Braves have at least saved a sizable chunk of the cash because of his suspensions.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of regarded
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  • Like my dad, who relished his post-divorce life in proximity to Atlantic City.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For the first three years of his NFL career, Bijan Robinson relished the connection, camaraderie and complement of backfield partner Tyler Allgeier.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of relished
Verb
  • The luxury property is located along Mexico's Riviera Nayarit coast, where the women enjoyed beach outings and spa treatments.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Her cart included a Wegmans strawberry shortcake that her family in New York enjoyed during the holidays.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoyed
Verb
  • Macdonald, who died in 2021, is and was revered in comedy circles.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Long revered by Italian connoisseurs but little known elsewhere, Leoncillo is enjoying something of a revival.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of revered
Verb
  • Guadagnino comes at Bertolucci from many angles, even claiming to have fancied him as a younger man, but facts and figures don’t really seem to enter into his concept of biography.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
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