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verb

past tense of revere

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Recent Examples of revered
Adjective
Grateful Dead historian and counterculture author Dennis McNally points out that Marshall’s bad boy reputation does nothing to diminish his legacy as one of music’s most revered photographers. Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 July 2025 The area has since become a revered fixture and often is used informally at other airports in the U.S. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Verb
Once revered as college football showcases, bowl games are becoming meaningless. Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024 The solstice has been revered by human cultures throughout history, and it is honored as a representation of new beginnings as people welcome in the next season. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for revered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revered
venerable
Adjective
  • In fact, New York’s parks and trails generate more than $5 billion in annual economic activity — on par with New York State’s venerable agricultural sector.
    Paul Steely White, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Its namesake company may or may not have been part of one of the most notorious corporate mergers of all time; that merger may or may not have involved the publisher of the venerable business magazine Fortune.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revered. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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