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Recent Examples of god
Its friezes depict a procession of gods, warriors, and mythical animals; its metopes, single panels within the larger frieze, narrate mythological battles of the Athenians against the Amazonians and the Centaurs, alluding to the Greco-Persian wars.
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Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The holiday serves as a time for people to gather and eat with family, pay respects to ancestors and gods, sweep away ill fortune and negativity of the previous year, and usher in a new year full of prosperity and good luck.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
Mountain ranges are graveyards of ghost areas, abandoned by skittish investors or undone by the fickleness of weather gods.
—John Branch, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s because the Greeks distinguished between Olympian gods, who lived on Mt. Olympus, and chthonic gods, who lived in the underworld.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The holiday serves as a time for people to gather and eat with family, pay respects to ancestors and gods, sweep away ill fortune and negativity of the previous year, and usher in a new year full of prosperity and good luck.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
Mountain ranges are graveyards of ghost areas, abandoned by skittish investors or undone by the fickleness of weather gods.
—John Branch, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s because the Greeks distinguished between Olympian gods, who lived on Mt. Olympus, and chthonic gods, who lived in the underworld.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for god
Noun
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Ancient Egyptians associated pleasant odors not only with cleanliness and purity, but the bodies of deities themselves.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2025
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Based on a classic Chinese myth and 16th-century novel, Investiture of the Gods, and following the 2019 original, Ne Zha 2 follows a young deity (Ne Zha) who defies destiny, wielding supernatural powers to defend his home from the Dragon King of the Four Seas.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tottenham were thrilled to have their returning heroes but some familiar problems persist.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Yes, Joey is the latest in a long series of unlikely action movie heroes who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time and fighting seemingly insurmountable odds to survive.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just beyond were a handful of Blackpink super fans who’d clearly had the smart idea to come here, rather than the premiere red carpet, to catch a glimpse of their idol.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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This week, Drake and PartyNextDoor nice up our Valentine’s Day with some moody new love songs, Sabrina Carpenter taps her idol Dolly Parton for a twangy remix, and Addison Rae delivers another cheeky hit.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The biblical command to love our neighbor—whether that neighbor is across the street or across the ocean—comes from God Almighty.—
Eric Ha,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Heavenly Father, the name of Jesus, God Almighty, Dr. King, the list goes on and on: there’s nothing good that the Trumpist attitude can’t make curdle.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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