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well-regarded

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adjective

  1. considered to be good morally, professionally, etc; esteemed

    a well-regarded local MP

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A well-regarded battalion commander in Yemen’s armed forces, Ashaal, then 42, worked a sideline in real estate with a partner.

From Los Angeles Times

Tokio Marine is well-regarded industrywide, with high returns and a strong position in the Japanese market, but its stock could be ahead of itself.

From Barron's

On the one hand, Shah has had enough of a career to have been made into a “limited edition collectible action figure,” starred in a well-regarded but underseen small film, played “the translator in ‘Homeland’ series seven” and earned a rising star award from some French festival; on the other, he is, professionally speaking, no Idris Elba — not a nobody, but not too many rungs above it.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking with MarketWatch on Thursday, Panmure Liberum’s well-regarded director of oil and gas research Ashley Kelty outlined some of the repercussions for the oil companies themselves and the world economy, not fully appreciated yet by risk assets.

From MarketWatch

This relative insulation was highlighted in the daily market bulletin published by the well-regarded, veteran strategist David Rosenberg, the founder and president of Rosenberg Research.

From MarketWatch