the gods
plural noun
British
: the highest and cheapest seats in a theater
The people in the gods can be the hardest to please.
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But good times can only last so long — the gods of quarterly fiscal reporting must be satiated.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Life’s got you; the gods and planets ensnare the weak and vulnerable.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025
Rulers couldn’t control the volume of water arriving from thousands of miles upstream but instead relied on a mixture of propitiation of the gods, informed predictions, and blind hope.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Those moments remind us that the gods were with us.
—Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Life’s got you; the gods and planets ensnare the weak and vulnerable.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025
Rulers couldn’t control the volume of water arriving from thousands of miles upstream but instead relied on a mixture of propitiation of the gods, informed predictions, and blind hope.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Those moments remind us that the gods were with us.
—Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the gods
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“The gods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gods. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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