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With the aid of his new equine friend, Bellerophon dispatched the Chimera with relative ease; in fact, Pegasus seemed to give him godlike powers, and the young man soon began to regard himself as more than just an ordinary mortal.—Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Nov. 2025 Following the trailer, Miyamoto kicked the presentation over to Illumination CEO, Chris Meledandri, to introduce the voice actors behind the two new additions: Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) as Rosalina, the godlike overseer of the cosmos, and Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer) as Bowser Jr..—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Chiefs or caciques held godlike powers and could order laborers to cultivate land or serve in military encounters.—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 More godlike than the R-I-Z-G-O-D starting to walk away with the wrong tribe flag!—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2025 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
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