august
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There’s almost no authority figure or august body in our society in which most people have confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 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
Greenberger’s warning about this scenario had been endorsed by no less august a figure than former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker.
From Salon • May 28, 2024
Since almost anyone is allowed to join the august craft of gesture photography, the site’s photos have an unvarnished feel and an unmistakably human charm.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
His august head of a tormented emperor had acquired a strange air of grandeur.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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