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: a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause
security, which the political messiahs promise—
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They thought the new principal was the messiah the school had been hoping for.
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Messianic Zionists in Israel and Armageddon evangelicals in America believe this will incarnate their respective, and different, messiahs.
—Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Keith Gill, better known as the meme-stock messiah Roaring Kitty, has sold off his stake in the online pet retailer, divesting 9 million shares of the company.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Over the past few months, some of the most prominent people in AI have fashioned themselves as modern messiahs and their products as deities.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Off-kilter chocolatiers, desert messiahs, civil war-era heartthrobs, lone-wolf cannibals.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 24 July 2024
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Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Keith Gill, better known as the meme-stock messiah Roaring Kitty, has sold off his stake in the online pet retailer, divesting 9 million shares of the company.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Over the past few months, some of the most prominent people in AI have fashioned themselves as modern messiahs and their products as deities.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Off-kilter chocolatiers, desert messiahs, civil war-era heartthrobs, lone-wolf cannibals.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 24 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for messiah
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“Messiah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/messiah. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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