venerable

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

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.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Remember the Times” stretches back to Riley’s childhood in Harlem, where the playground of his elementary school abutted the parking lot behind New York’s venerable Apollo Theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Her circuit is called Damask, after their most venerable member, who is 83 years old and a rose grower—they generally label circuits by some trade.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein