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as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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as in herald
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
looking forward to seeing those red-breasted angels of the spring—robins
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as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money
over the years the industrialist frequently served as the symphony orchestra's anonymous angel
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Recent Examples of angel
Despite threats of looming rain, trip-hop heads, ambient angels, indie fans, and ravers spent four days bringing the energy to three venues across the Mexican capital.
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E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
Light Language: The angel’s energy pattern from its throat to the center of the body.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
The incubator has access to a variety of valuable entrepreneurial finance resources, including government grants, state funding programs, and angel investors.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Pieces on view included a curving white bouquet beside a marble angel sculpture, a floral tower next to a vintage evening gown, and a colorful arrangement inside a red shoe mirroring a painting of a shoe shiner.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
Light Language: The angel’s energy pattern from its throat to the center of the body.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
The incubator has access to a variety of valuable entrepreneurial finance resources, including government grants, state funding programs, and angel investors.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Pieces on view included a curving white bouquet beside a marble angel sculpture, a floral tower next to a vintage evening gown, and a colorful arrangement inside a red shoe mirroring a painting of a shoe shiner.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angel
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After decades of lycanthropy, Sir John is no longer a reluctant killer and has stopped chaining himself up during the full moon, now gleefully slaughtering innocents without a care in the world.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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My garden is not a metaphor for hope or regeneration, the flowers are never tasked to be the heralds for brightness and optimism.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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In some alternate realities, both Norrin Radd and Shalla-Bal have served as heralds of Galactus.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Unless your donor is a twin, their HLA markers will be different from yours.3 Before a stem cell transplant, healthcare providers check your cells' compatibility with the donor cells.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
2 May 2025
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The proposals, which are in the early stages of discussion and are far from certain to be adopted, would amount to one of the biggest overhauls of the U.N., which has been upended by funding cuts from its biggest donor, the United States, under President Trump’s administration.—
Jamey Keaten and Farnoushi Amiri,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Based on the bones found in the cave, many of which show marks from cutting and scraping, the local menu included some birds and small mammals, but also bigger game like bison, deer, relatives of modern horses, and wild sheep and goats.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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It was withdrawn when Microsoft first unleashed it on the world, and was put through a privacy and security sheep dip before its second coming.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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So Like most Taurus signs, Daphne is bullheaded and controlling regarding her three daughters — especially Milly.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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Allowing imperfection to show—rather than keeping up appearances—is both a sign of intimacy and a precondition for it.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.—
Annika Bahnsen,
Orange County Register,
19 July 2024
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Some say that news is a precursor to a recession, but that seems very unlikely given the other economic news.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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The paintings are a precursor to Mexico’s famous catsta (caste) paintings — a genre invented to depict biracial families that was omnipresent during most of the 18th century.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The case was the forerunner to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno’s decision to snatch Elián from his cousin’s Little Havana home and reunite him with his dad in Cuba.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Most of the forerunners of modern Zionism saw themselves as secular.—
Tamir Sorek,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Angel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angel. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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