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admirable

[ad-mer-uh-buhl] / ˈæd mər ə bəl /


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Run by Wellington Management—where Bogle worked before Vanguard—the fund boasts more than $110 billion in assets and an admirable record.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon were adventurers, and while perhaps not personally admirable, they changed history and changed it irrevocably:

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

With these offices vacant, the task fell upon district courts to name interim U.S. attorneys, which they did with admirable professionalism.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

As she relates in this new and admirable work of social history, all sorts of elements—some well-intentioned, some cynically opportunistic—contributed to produce a wholesale reworking of the way America’s children approach their food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Many of his sketches were done in pen and ink, a medium that captured his most intimate thoughts with admirable directness.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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