august
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Not many countries are often blessed with as sagacious a leader as Mariano, but many a family and institution will, through him, be reminded of the worth of such august figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
The prolific author also serves as a kind of cultural commissar, heading the government’s publishing house, El Fondo de Cultura Económica, which has published 10,000-plus titles across genres in its august, 90-year history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025
We can talk in stentorian terms about whether the august body that is the U.S.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024
On 5 August, Peters took to X to announce the news: "I don't know how it gets better than this. See u at the eras tour on august 19th."
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Whether he seriously entertained the offers that came his way from institutions as august as Harvard University is hard to say; but in the end, he turned them all down.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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