exalt ɛgˈzɑlt verb
1. praise, glorify or honor
2. raise in rank, character or status
3. heighten or intensify
4. fill with sublime emotion
The word exalt has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 26 in “At the Children’s Film Festival, Unstoppable Heroines,” by Laurel Graeber:
These young people, protagonists in works that will be shown in the 2025 New York International Children’s Film Festival, are all fierce, fearless and — perhaps most striking — female. This year’s festival, which begins a three-weekend run in Manhattan on Friday, includes 13 features and 79 short films, many of them proudly celebrating girls and women.
Although the slate doesn’t neglect films about boys, among them tales of time-traveling brothers and a boatbuilding father-son team, the choices exalt girl power more than any of the festival’s selections in recent memory.
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