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reverence

[rev-er-uhns, rev-ruhns] / ˈrɛv ər əns, ˈrɛv rəns /


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An American flag waved in the background while various figures gazed up at the president in reverence.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Like the members of Jelly of the Month Club, director Rob Perez is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with a deep reverence for classic rock and Charles Schulz cartoons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

My donut dealer for the morning, Karla, places my Boldúmen in a box with a kind of reverence.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Contemporaries were convinced that his motivation for publishing Mansfield’s ephemera wasn’t so much reverence for her talent as greed for hard cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Velia held a flashlight, while Juanita, who had brought a pair of Papá’s old jeans, one of his dress shirts, and his cowboy boots, dressed the body with the reverence of a dedicated mortician.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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