(n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
(n.) That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
(n.) A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
(2) With commendable alacrity, meanwhile, the developers at art-game co-operative KOOPmode have already released a downloadable satire on how Facebook might work in 3D , graced with the irresistible tagline: "Scroll Facebook … with your face".
(3) This lustrous amber oil looks lovely and is commended for its "subtle", more neutral flavour.
(4) Furthermore, rodents frequently develop immunity to, and become carriers of, these organisms, and there is little to commend their use, except in lightly populated areas where control is infrequently applied.
(5) In the circumstances, they showed commendable resolve not to allow all the changes and disruption to break their supremacy.
(6) Channel 4 News is to be commended for pioneering this move, particularly as a mere 0.4% of British journalists are Muslim , according to study by City University.
(7) The illustrated format was commended by students for its clinical relevance but certain problems with the reproduction of radiographs and the selection of data have been revealed.
(8) Patients, family members, and a physician wrote letters of commendation regardless of the LOS, payer source, total charges, time spent with the patient, and personnel who provided the care.
(9) The satisfactory results commend the procedure, which has yet to gain global acceptance.
(10) Whatever the answer, this is a brave move and I commend her.
(11) The president then commended Jackson as “proof of what a young person can accomplish free of drink or drug abuse”.
(12) The problems of monitoring children whilst they receive radiotherapy under general anaesthesia are discussed, the merits of different methods are reviewed and the use of the capnograph is commended.
(13) "We are managing an unprecedented situation and all the staff involved should be commended for their dedication and hard work during this difficult time," said a Prison Service spokesperson.
(14) Bryant told the committee that he commended the current Yard inquiry under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers.
(15) Glasgow city council and the emergency services are also to be commended, firstly for their rigorous scrutiny of the proposal and secondly for having the courage to grant the first approval.
(16) President Obama, while commendably showing her mercy, also oversaw a justice department that prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other administrations combined, while casting an unmistakable chill over investigative reporting and press freedom.
(17) It said the bishop was "commended" to it by the then archbishop of Rwanda, Emmanuel Kolini.
(18) "We commend our soldiers for exhibiting resolve even while under heavy fire."
(19) Two criteria (willingness and medical benefit) are commended in the context of initiating treatment, while three distinctions (willing v unwilling, passive v active, and terminal v nonterminal) are found to be particularly helpful when deciding if treatment should be terminated.
(20) Work in Europe and the US over the past two years has commended aspirin as an anti-blood clotting agent for heart and stroke sufferers.
Meritorious
Definition:
(a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.
Example Sentences:
(1) It said it still planned to close its compensation scheme, but would continue to consider "meritorious claims".
(2) Physical fitness tests will be overhauled, including new standards and surprise “spotchecks”, and the navy and marine corps will transition to a “meritorious” system of promotions, Mabus said.
(3) Improved communication between physicians and patients may result in fewer nonmeritorious malpractice claims while leading to less costly resolution of meritorious claims.
(4) One of the capital payment options under consideration is the establishment of a lid on capital expenditures and the concomitant allocation of capital to health care providers whose applications are the most meritorious.
(5) The overall achievement by scientists and clinicians in Korea has been meritorious in elucidating some of the pending problems in the areas of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.
(6) The citation was read to the congregation, praising his “exceptionally meritorious service and his extraordinary integrity and leadership throughout his 11 years as an officer”.
(7) Yet if the post-feminist age is clearly not quite as meritorious as anticipated a brighter, more equal, future beckons.
(8) This program provides funds for rapid testing of investigator-initiated meritorious research ideas, new drugs, and treatment modalities.
(9) Whilst Glencore cannot predict the results of any litigation, it believes it has meritorious defences against those actions or claims.
(10) You must know that there is a direct application on the battlefield and we’re using it today, but we don’t really understand it yet so this is a critical element.” His awards include the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Service Medal, a Meritorious Service Award and an Army Commendation Medal.
(11) On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the organized health care of the city of Subotica, the authors present the development as well as the present functions of the establishment for the care of little children, which exists for 100 years already and is undoubtedly meritorious for the people of this region, justifying it's existence since the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
(12) The glutaraldehyde-vaccine is of good potency with a meritorious performance in tests for abnormal toxicity in mice, the leucocytosis-promoting-factor and the mouse weight gain.
(13) The purpose of the panels is to weed out frivolous lawsuits and aid the prompt settlement of meritorious claims.
(14) The listing prospectus does reveal a Belgian criminal investigation in which Glencore's Dutch-based grain trading operation, a former employee and one current employee have all been charged with bribing European officials, but the company does not detail any further legal battles as it believes it has "meritorious" defences and that any rulings will not adversely affect its finances.
(15) One of these was the Jewish physician Hermann Jastrowitz, whose meritorious achievements for the benefit of the Outpatient Division and Hospital of the Department of Medicine of the University of Halle have been practically completely documented and reconstructed from university and other records.
(16) It further concludes that it is essential to submit proposals for all prospective QA projects, potentially scientifically meritorious QA projects, and all scientific clinical research projects to an institutional review board (IRB) to render decisions about the protection of human subject's rights before accessing data.
(17) While it is widely acknowledged that the vocational potential of physically impaired persons should be evaluated in an organized manner, there are differences of opinion among professional evaluators as to which approach, or approaches, are the most meritorious; The four principal approaches are: (1) mental testing, (2) work sampling, (3) situational analysis, and (4) job tryouts.
(18) In its public filing, Twitter said "we believe we have meritorious defenses," although it also said "there can be no assurance that we will be successful" in resolving the dispute.
(19) He devoted much of his time and effort to improving medical care for the inmates, and he thus made a meritorious contribution to the treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
(20) This must mean that meritorious claims are not being pursued because of the fees regime.” The letter urges the government to carry out a review of the fee levels, and urgently.