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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era
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as in beauty
a lovely woman
like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess
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Recent Examples of goddess
However, writer Angela L. Harvey gives the legend of Bloody Mary a cultural twist by tying it to Mami Wata, an African goddess.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Greek mythology features several goddesses associated with the moon, including Artemis and Hecate.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Join 5 others in the comments View Comments One fresco likely portrays the Judgement of Paris, though it has been damaged by previous excavations, and another shows Venus, the goddess of love, and Adonis, her mortal lover.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Nigel has a couple of tattoos, including an upper back tattoo of the Egyptian goddess Maat, inspired by stories his grandmother used to tell him and his Hieroglyphics class at Howard.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Greek mythology features several goddesses associated with the moon, including Artemis and Hecate.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Join 5 others in the comments View Comments One fresco likely portrays the Judgement of Paris, though it has been damaged by previous excavations, and another shows Venus, the goddess of love, and Adonis, her mortal lover.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Nigel has a couple of tattoos, including an upper back tattoo of the Egyptian goddess Maat, inspired by stories his grandmother used to tell him and his Hieroglyphics class at Howard.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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The beauty about Netflix and these platforms is everything’s available, and people are not afraid to read subtitles and watch something with subtitles.Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s the beauty of following your own IT professional development path.Al Kingsley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The pop-up will feature a photo booth, lyric wall and a massive wreath so guests can recreate the diva's Christmas album cover.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Both stars were done up in their diva best for the meeting, which took place in the venue built for Dion's 2003 A New Day residency.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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Near the entrance of the community center, volunteers for the Buncombe County Democratic Party stood with a sample ballot and handed out cookies.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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During the 2020 election, Rudd made headlines for handing out cookies to people standing in the rain while waiting to vote in Brooklyn, N.Y.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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