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Nudity continued to be associated with godlike beauty and power.—Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026 Seasons in the Hindu Kush—Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,2009–11, has the spectator stand above crushed pots as if surveying terrain from above—the godlike perspective of the Mercator projection, where mountains become miniature and geography flattens into a navigable surface.—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026 Scrappy heroes transcending into godlike warriors is a common anime trope, but Luffy’s abilities have changed more dramatically than most, as the rubber man can now alter the shape of reality at whim.—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026 Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis have all said that aspects of the current AI-spending craze are bubble-like—in other words, that the hundreds of billions of dollars being dumped into building godlike AGIs may not yield a commensurate return.—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for godlike
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of godlike was
before the 12th century