How to Use Hecate in a Sentence
Hecate
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Linn said there's anything from dogs associated with deities like Hecate, to dogs found in Mycenaean tombs.
—Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026
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Even the New York Times got in on the action, with a profile of the eccentric Sitwell (the charms her magpie, Hecate, are impossible to resist).
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 June 2026
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Inspired by Greek mythology and other schools of mysticism, Hecate is a candlelit space meant to savor high-concept, theatrical cocktails that arrive in eccentric goblets and bowls.
—Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
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For example, Diana may represent the Goddess in youth, Demeter the motherly aspect of the Goddess, and Hecate the crone.
—Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 17 June 2022
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Fortunately, there’s hope in the form of the player character, Melinoë — the daughter of Hades who was born shortly after the events of the first game and was hidden from her grandfather’s reach by titaness and witch Hecate.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Her inspirations for another recent show included the fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville and the Greek goddess Hecate.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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Hecate Energy, the developer of what would have been New York’s largest battery energy storage system, pulled the plug on the 650-megawatt Staten Island project last August after residents and local politicians lobbied state officials to kill it over fire concerns.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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