venerable

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Not only does she talk, but she recites venerable nursery rhymes, backward.

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The German publisher outbid the Daily Mail for the venerable newspaper.

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German publisher Axel Springer struck a deal to buy Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper for around $770 million, adding the venerable U.K. title to its stable of media properties.

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Spaces are well-defined and venerable terms in physics and math.

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The visit marks 100 years since the death of its Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi, who was declared "venerable" by the Catholic Church in 2025, the first step on the path to sainthood.

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