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veneration

[ven-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌvɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Ms. Gage, who teaches American history at Yale, presents the book as an attempt, timed for the semiquincentennial, to improve the contemporary “national historical dialogue, which tends to emphasize veneration or damnation over real understanding.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The bone fragments have since been distributed to countries like Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, where they remain objects of veneration.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

And although the streaming boom has had its drawbacks, it has also unearthed and popularized worthy cult classics, giving them a new life and the long-deserved veneration they deserve.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

The walls of these rooms accomplish a kind of muting of her aura, a place where veneration feels austere or regimented by bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

He spoke about William Blake and John Keats with veneration in his voice, though Liyana wished he would pick somebody a little more modern to talk about soon.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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