Definition of godnext
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as in deity
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods

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as in Lord
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe let us give thanks to God

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as in hero
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema

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Recent Examples of god The nonprofit civil rights organization FAIR, which supports the LDS Church, argued that is not true – that the church believes in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, not multiple gods. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 June 2026 The Sex Pistols and the Ramones were my gods, and each left their own trail of addiction and wreckage inside these walls. Gene Park, Washington Post, 6 June 2026 My sister had been named for a girl raped by Zeus, god of all gods, who turned himself into a swan for the occasion. Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 Knicks basketball in June is a gift from the sports gods that is not to be taken for granted. Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for god
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Noun
  • The two sculptures were formally transferred to the Kingdom of Cambodia at a ceremony yesterday, along with a third sandstone sculpture depicting the head of the Hindu deity Harihara.
    Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
  • Instead, Chesnut said, indigenous people linked the figure with the death deities of their own ancient belief systems.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
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  • Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
  • By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • All the usual fun Indy stuff is here – Nazis, treasured artifacts – though the bantering chemistry between Ford's hard-luck hero and Sean Connery as his grumpy dad is off-the-hook spectacular.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 June 2026
  • Bradley, the cerebral forward and NBA Hall of Famer who helped deliver two championships to New York before becoming a US senator from New Jersey and presidential hopeful, was his hero.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
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  • The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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  • Fernandes considers his compatriot and namesake Bruno Fernandes at Manchester United as one of his idols.
    Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • The woman's phone is encased in an undulating rubbery glitter sculpture with tiny portraits of K-pop idols suspended inside.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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