honored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of honored
First recorded in 1350–1450; honor ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Actor Michael J. Fox, whose battle with Parkinson’s disease now has him using a wheelchair, was honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Catherine O’Hara, James Burrows and Rob Reiner were among those honored during the 78th Emmy Awards’ ‘In Memoriam’ segment while Noah Kahan performed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
In 2010, a reclusive Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman was honored for proving the Poincaré conjecture, the first Millennium Prize Problem to be solved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Also honored at Saturday’s ceremony was Mariska Hargitay for her documentary “My Mom Jayne,” about her mother Jayne Mansfield, a Hollywood actor who died in a car accident when Hargitay was 3 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
When the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh honored the Mercury 13, the event made news because the story had been kept fairly quiet for almost 50 years.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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