venerable

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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The venerable Warren Buffett offered this simple maxim in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors in 1986:

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

They didn’t appear much different to me than they did twenty years before; they looked just as tall, as venerable, the capital of my father’s life.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee