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tribute as in:  a tribute to the great actor

I was moved by her tearful tribute to her deceased colleague.
tribute = praise (expressing admiration)
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  • I wrote the song as a tribute to all parents who sacrifice for their children.
    tribute = expression of admiration
  • A SMALL TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR BERG, A STILL-LIVING MAN  (source)
  • Each of these worlds was a kind of shrine—an interactive tribute to the OASIS's earliest ancestors.  (source)
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  • So I turned on my computer to listen to some music, and with Augustus's favorite band, The Hectic Glow, as my sound track, I went back to Caroline Mathers's tribute pages, reading about how heroic her fight was, and how much she was missed, and how she was in a better place, and how she would live forever in their memories, and how everyone who knew her—everyone—was laid low by her leaving.  (source)
    tribute = expression of admiration
  • I couldn't see her very clearly amid all the tributes, but there didn't seem to be much to hate—she seemed to be mostly a professional sick person, like me, which made me worry that when I died they'd have nothing to say about me except that I fought heroically, as if the only thing I'd ever done was Have Cancer.  (source)
    tributes = expressions of admiration
  • Finally the Chief Elder paid tribute to the hard work of her committee, which had performed the observations so meticulously all year.  (source)
    tribute = praise
  • She called them tributes.  (source)
    tributes = expressions of admiration
  • Once I'd gotten a bottle from Massachusetts, which I kept as a tribute to how far something can go in life.  (source)
    tribute = symbol of something worthy of praise
  • He incorporated in many of his Christian paintings hidden symbolism that was anything but Christian—tributes to his own beliefs and a subtle thumbing of his nose at the Church.  (source)
    tributes = expressions of admiration
  • But particular tribute was paid to the golden age of Russian literature:  (source)
    tribute = expression of admiration
  • Tomorrow, I'll show you his fresco The Last Supper, which is one of the most astonishing tributes to the sacred feminine you will ever see.  (source)
    tributes = expressions of admiration
  • Papaw was born James Lee Vance in 1929, his middle name a tribute to his father, Lee Vance.  (source)
    tribute = something done to express admiration
  • Stone tributes to real men.  (source)
    tributes = something made to express admiration
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tribute as in:  demanded they pay tribute

The Second Barbary War ended the American practice of paying tribute to pirates along the north coast of Africa.
tribute = payment to someone so they will not harm you
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  • The Federalist Party adopted the slogan, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
  • All of them would be turned out of their cottage if they could not give their lord the tribute he levied.  (source)
    tribute = payment demanded for protection
  • They belonged with waistcoats and corsets, with quadrilles and bezique, with the ownership of souls, the payment of tribute, and the stacking of icons in the corner.  (source)
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  • Harry wiped his grazed forearm upon the stone: Having received its tribute of blood, the archway reopened instantly.  (source)
    tribute = payment demanded
  • There are fewer of these tributes than there used to be, though still more than enough.†  (source)
  • 'Then you do not pay tribute to Sauron?' said Gimli.  (source)
    tribute = payment demanded for protection
  • Farther down the wall, Langdon saw tributes to the Earth's four temporal seasons-primavera, estate, autunno, inverno.†  (source)
  • In an exchange of letters between London and Paris, meantime, he and Jefferson considered the question of whether to pay tribute to the Barbary pirates or wage war with them.  (source)
  • Have you seen the comments and tributes?†  (source)
  • Inside, through the glass, I could see an interior wall filled with pictures and paintings, a visual tribute to "The Greatest Generation," said a poster above the images.†  (source)
  • From the way it looked here, where you could hardly be bothered to lift your feet to step over a dead woman's arm, he did not think he would be needing apologies or tributes.†  (source)
  • It was a tribute to the country's martyrs, and the translation ran something like this: "My death is not my own, but yours, and its significance depends on what you do with it."†  (source)
  • Looking surprisingly beautiful in a dark green dress with a broad white lace collar, Gitl made sure all the tributes were piled onto two wagons: crocks of butter, lengths of cloth, a white lace tablecloth, wooden bowls, and a pair of truly ugly silver candlesticks that Shmuel announced had been sent over by the rendar himself.†  (source)
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