venerable

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“In retrospect, the presence and credibility of such venerable people in different orbits led me to make assumptions about him that clouded my judgment in ways it shouldn’t have.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The venerable Warren Buffett offered this simple maxim in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors in 1986:

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The visit marks 100 years since the death of its Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi, who was declared "venerable" by the Catholic Church in 2025, the first step on the path to sainthood.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

And then there’s the venerable Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index, the longest-running survey from a regional Fed bank, polling executives on conditions in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

After a moment, a venerable salmon rippled up; Medwyn stroked the jaws of the huge fish.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander