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as in beatific
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as in cherubic
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Recent Examples of angelic
Bridging the hoedown and the ballroom, Beyoncé alternates between angelic croons and fierce commands over a thumping bassline and a springy acoustic guitar.
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Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
This and other pieces of art and decor throughout the space — including an angelic sculpture surrounded by French horns — give a nod to the women behind the organization.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
The Hallmark star, 42, steps into the classic role of Mrs. Miracle, an angelic character created by bestselling author Debbie Macomber, in the channel's Joyful Mrs. Miracle, airing Thanksgiving night as part of Countdown to Christmas.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Sauron spends the bulk of the season in the guise of an angelic visitor named Annatar, working with Celebrimbor to create the Seven Rings of Power for Dwarves and the Nine Rings for Men.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
This and other pieces of art and decor throughout the space — including an angelic sculpture surrounded by French horns — give a nod to the women behind the organization.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
The Hallmark star, 42, steps into the classic role of Mrs. Miracle, an angelic character created by bestselling author Debbie Macomber, in the channel's Joyful Mrs. Miracle, airing Thanksgiving night as part of Countdown to Christmas.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Sauron spends the bulk of the season in the guise of an angelic visitor named Annatar, working with Celebrimbor to create the Seven Rings of Power for Dwarves and the Nine Rings for Men.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
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Some — such as Thomas Hauser — have felt that Ali’s circle tried too hard to soften the boxer’s once-firebrand image and transform him into a beatific, near-saintly epitome.Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.airmail.news, airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
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Murphy is now closing in on 200 senior appearances for Newcastle which isn’t bad, all things considered, and the last blissful month has only served to reinforce an old truism that the best teams are not always formed of the players who glitter most.George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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In that blissful blip between Christmas and New Year’s, things tend to finally slow the hell down.Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
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While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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This creates a virtuous cycle where higher demand for bitcoin bonds drives greater bitcoin adoption, further bolstering its price and utility.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Breaking this virtuous cycle appears risky and counterproductive, but the trend lines are in this direction.Will Knight, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
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Lindsay Gottlieb coaches two of the best players in the game — Watkins, the transcendent playmaker who leads the conference in scoring, and Iriafen, an interior force snagging almost five offensive boards per outing.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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And Moore, in those frames, is transcendent, her expression ecstatic and maniacal and unhinged.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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In contrast to moral philosophers, who search for abstract principles of right and wrong, moral psychologists are interested in the empirical matter of people’s perceptions.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Instead, neo-temperates are shifting social and, yes, moral norms about alcohol by emphasizing its effects on health.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
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While few of us will be able to experience the transcendental taste of the Hibiki 40-year-old, one universal aspect of it is the artistry of the presentation.Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Hoping and looking forward to when our celestial paths cross.EW.com, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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New research suggests that the celestial fireworks displays generated in highly magnetic environments close to some neutron stars could account for rapid and mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts (FRBs).Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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