revered

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For decades, SI was where every sports journalist aspired to work, hoping to become the next Frank DeFord or Gary Smith, whose 32-year career at the magazine is highly revered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Unmentioned, the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great, still revered by Iranians, was the first world leader to grant freedom to the Jews, liberating them from captivity in Babylon.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The era of treating engagement metrics as the revered measures of a platform’s success, with utter disregard for users’ well-being, is over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Huerta is also a revered and beloved figure in the farmworkers movement with many schools and streets named in her honour - although not nearly as many as Cesar Chavez.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The square is one of the simplest figures of geometry, and it was duly revered by the Pythagoreans.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife