laud
verb (used with object)
to praise; extol.
has lauded
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present perfectof laud (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The secretary, who has said he follows a carnivore diet, has lauded food companies that use beef tallow, the melted-down fatty tissue of cattle carcasses, instead of seed oils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy has lauded the potential of AI to streamline workplace operations, from engaging with customers online to making offices more efficient.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
The U.S. president himself has lauded Sheinbaum as a “marvelous woman,” a stark contrast to his habitual disparagement of other world leaders, notably former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
In the first Trump administration, McMahon ran the Small Business Administration, and she has lauded the idea of “apprenticeships” as a key education reform.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
I do not know from experience the Scottish hospitality which M. Scribe has lauded in one of his vaudevilles.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
