sto·ried
ˈstȯr-ēd 
1
: decorated with designs representing scenes from story or history
a storied tapestry
2
: having an interesting history : celebrated in story or history
a storied institution
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
The primary campaign could be historic in Greater Hartford’s storied congressional district, which launched Thomas Dodd and Abraham Ribicoff to the national political stage in the late 1940s and 1950s and had been held by nine-term Democrat Barbara Kennelly of Hartford from 1982 to 1999.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
The nation’s wealthiest suburb is Scarsdale, a storied suburb in New York’s leafy Westchester County.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Washington, 70, has won two Oscars and has been nominated seven other times in his storied acting career.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
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Scott Bakula will star opposite Ariana DeBose in this fall’s Off Broadway presentation of the storied musical The Baker’s Wife, producer Classic Stage Company announced today.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
The primary campaign could be historic in Greater Hartford’s storied congressional district, which launched Thomas Dodd and Abraham Ribicoff to the national political stage in the late 1940s and 1950s and had been held by nine-term Democrat Barbara Kennelly of Hartford from 1982 to 1999.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
The nation’s wealthiest suburb is Scarsdale, a storied suburb in New York’s leafy Westchester County.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Washington, 70, has won two Oscars and has been nominated seven other times in his storied acting career.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Storied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storied. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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