august
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Sanger’s renewed criticism helped push Wikipedia back into the spotlight this past week at a time when the nation’s most august institutions are under pressure for the messages they put into the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
That august body of cineastes, the National Society of Film Critics, said so, and, frankly, it wasn’t even close.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
On 5 August, Peters took to X to announce the news: "I don't know how it gets better than this. See u at the eras tour on august 19th."
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
In 1982, Putnam’s had purchased Grosset and Dunlap, the august imprint that could trace its lineage back to 1898.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
Americans were then a novelty in South Africa, and I was curious to meet a representative of so august a legal organization.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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