as in almighty
formal
knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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The Abrahamic faiths conceive of God as an omniscient creator and generally abjure gambling as a result; one of the first laws passed by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony banned the possession of cards, dice, or gaming tables.
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Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
My brother, using the mechanics afforded to him in his omniscient role, prolonged Fletcher’s story by magically reviving him.
—Ally Beardsley, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Hayek feared the rise of the omniscient economic oracle: a laurate at once whispering into leaders’ ears and shouting at the public even as their predictions remain largely guesswork.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The dead can also serve as an excellent omniscient narrator, seeing all.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
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Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
My brother, using the mechanics afforded to him in his omniscient role, prolonged Fletcher’s story by magically reviving him.
—Ally Beardsley, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Hayek feared the rise of the omniscient economic oracle: a laurate at once whispering into leaders’ ears and shouting at the public even as their predictions remain largely guesswork.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The dead can also serve as an excellent omniscient narrator, seeing all.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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