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 While the baseball gods were clearly not on the Orioles' side during Taveras' at-bat, his teammates managed to overcome the free out and score two runs in the bottom of the frame to tie things up at 4-4. Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026 Plant, forever a rock god of the ‘70s, will appear with his new rock-folk band Saving Grace and singer Suzi Dian in Helzberg Hall. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026 Not every artist is waiting for the algorithmic gods to show up. John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for god
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  • 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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  • As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
  • The kingdom and its press and thus the world could see the war hero and his monarch inextricably bound by allegiance to Britain.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 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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  • The production is a deeply personal look at her life and career, inspired by her beloved grandmother, Freddie Mae Glover, and her lifelong dream of becoming a comedic performer like her idol, Carol Burnett.
    Staff Author, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • All advantages and idols are all transferrable at all times — aside from after the votes are read at Tribal Council.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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