as in worshiping
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as in worshipping
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
a proper setting in which to venerate God
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Adjective
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The cyberpunk chaos spirals into shoot-outs with telekinesis and giant mutant babies, all of it spectacular and ingrained in reverent filmmakers’ memories.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Of course, Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron is still a reverent work, leaving out a few messier strands of the man’s life that Miyazaki-heads might be curious about.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2024
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Standing in front of the former CBGB, Pinn lowered his voice to a reverential register, and explained that when the club was forced to close over a rent dispute, in 2006, Hilly Kristal, its owner, put everything inside into storage, including the urinals.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Where Swiss brands often maintain a reverential distance between creator and consumer, the Brits actively collapse this space.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Venerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venerating. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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