storied
Example Sentences
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Lou Gerstner was the first outsider to take the helm at IBM, the storied firm that once looked so dominant in computer mainframes that the Justice Department spent foolish years trying to break it up.
Named for the man who came across it blazing a trail from the San Joaquin Valley to the Mojave Desert in 1861, it was a storied place just beyond my horizon.
From Los Angeles Times
Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner whose storied acting career included “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” was found dead along with his wife on Feb. 26.
It was bought by Toys “R” Us, which shuttered its storied flagship in New York before filing for bankruptcy itself.
She is set to take the helm of a storied yet often troubled energy producer that is aiming to reinvigorate its fossil-fuel business after an ill-timed turn toward renewable energy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
