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venerable

[ven-er-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛn ər ə bəl /


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The venerable news magazine “60 Minutes” is undergoing a major overhaul under CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss, who hired a new executive producer and ousted two correspondents.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“I am a bit of a romantic fabulist,” says the venerable Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas in her new memoir, “Norteña: Memorias del Comienzo.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Starship Bagel, which is not based in New York—or even London or Montreal, cities with venerable bagel traditions of their own—but in Dallas, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

After college, she moved to Los Angeles, performing as a rock singer and studying at the venerable Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

In 731 AD, about the time Dionysius’s Easter tables were set to run out, Bede, a soon-to-be- venerable monk from the northern part of England, extended them again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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