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venerate

[ven-uh-reyt] / ˈvɛn əˌreɪt /


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Netflix and other streamers have already split the film industry down the middle, separating those who venerate the art form from those who venerate the dollar, leaving many Hollywood titans flailing somewhere in the middle.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

That made it an object to venerate as well as a beacon amid political storms.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The trillion-dollar pay package has its roots in Musk’s desire to control 25% of Tesla stock, so he can’t be pushed out, even though most long-time Tesla investors and his board venerate his leadership.

From Barron's Oct. 3, 2025

It is, however, one reason why we venerate the founders.

From Slate May 8, 2024

“Oh? And how does this authority venerate my father?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

That “Project Hail Mary” venerates the art of filmmaking is just one of its many marvelous aspects, but one that should not be overlooked.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

Boy Gru venerates these villains and wants to join them.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2022

It venerates Deborah the prophetess judge and the entrepreneurial Lydia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2018

Nought loves another as itself,      Nor venerates another so,    Nor is it possible to thought      A greater than itself to know.

From Poems of William Blake by William Blake

The clause survives as decoration: incorporated, venerated, and incapable of stopping a single seizure.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Buddhist monks are highly venerated in Thailand, entrusted with preserving and passing on the Buddha's teachings.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Behind the statue depicting a black Virgin Mary - venerated in both religions - are the words "pray for us and pray for the Muslims".

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

As the historian Daniel Dreisbach has observed, the King James Bible was “the most accessible, authoritative, and venerated text in early colonial society.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

It may be, too, that he wanted to show in the most startling and shocking way possible how easy it was to deceive the awful, venerated, humbly adored divinities.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The U.S.-influenced counterculture of the 1960s inverted the social order, venerating indigenous folkways and fueling aspirations for full independence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 24, 2026

At the Butovo firing range, a Stalin-era execution site near Moscow that has become a shrine to his victims, visiting Russians warned against venerating the wartime leader or emulating his ideas.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

The themes of performances at Mr Gopalakrishnan's house include honouring a deified ancestor, venerating a warrior-hunter deity, and worshipping tiger spirits symbolising strength and protection.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

“It’s always been about venerating the efforts of Mexican Americans since World War II,” Morin said of the monolith and Morin Square.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2022

The arms at attention, the eyes ever lowered, a venerating bend to his head.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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