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Recent Examples of messianic
There was warmth among the orphaned, and a collective hope that felt vaguely messianic.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
But this idea of total victory is a messianic one from his coalition partners, and not realistic.
—CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Having survived an assassination attempt days before, Trump was treated as an almost messianic figure.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
In time, messianic pop singers would create grotesque carbon footprints in the interest of advancing their brands.
—Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
But this idea of total victory is a messianic one from his coalition partners, and not realistic.
—CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Having survived an assassination attempt days before, Trump was treated as an almost messianic figure.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
In time, messianic pop singers would create grotesque carbon footprints in the interest of advancing their brands.
—Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for messianic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
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Fracking is not the bogeyman that has been pushed and misrepresented by zealous groups of anti-frackers.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Shifting geopolitical realities has spurred a wholesale recalibration of Armenia’s foreign policy combined with a zealous effort to internationalize the economy to render the price of any future conflict intolerably high.Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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Outsourcing vendor management may also be impractical, as most services are designed and priced for large enterprises.Paul Blough, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Officials in both Michigan and Wisconsin pushed back, contending Kennedy’s requests are impractical since voting is already underway.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Expecting Beijing to take extreme measures, such as suspending oil supplies or humanitarian aid to North Korea, is unrealistic.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Nevertheless, something going on behind the scenes could create unrealistic expectations.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Ironically, such utopian expectations of falling health care costs had been spotted way back in the 1990s by my colleague Trevor Harris at Columbia.Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The sci-fi fantasy drama stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, a visionary architect intent on saving a declining New York City by building a utopian future, dislodging the elite ruling class in the process.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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These channels, which come from all over the world, are like that, but without the sentimental backstories.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sentimental montage began with a clip of Jenn, 26, crying while confronting her ex-fiancé Devin Strader at the After the Final Rose ceremony.Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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