Olympian

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Recent Examples of Olympian Starstruck by Olympian celebrity, Persephone rebels against her mother Demeter and sneaks into a party at the Acropolis. The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Brock Faber The cornerstone defenseman is slated to be an Olympian next year and the No. 1 defenseman in Minnesota for the next decade. Michael Russo, New York Times, 19 June 2025 The former Olympian and reality TV star had traveled to Israel to attend the city's annual Pride Parade, which was canceled because of security concerns following Iran's missile attacks. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025 Softball The Pointers, who won the school’s first CIF San Diego Section softball title May 30 in Division II and entered the Southern California Regional Division III tournament as the No. 1 seed, shut out No. 4 Olympian 3-0 in the semifinals. Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Olympian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Olympian
Adjective
  • Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • But the weight of their grief is just as palpable as the utopian patina of their surroundings.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • To make sure the muons and electrons detected by the detectors really come from neutrino interactions, the detectors need to be placed deep underground where other cosmic particles cannot reach.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 13 May 2026
  • The latest, published in Nature today, strengthens the case that LAP1-B is an early cosmic puzzle piece packed with material freshly manufactured by dying Population III stars.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • Brecher captured the galactic chain between April 17 and 27 using a Skywatcher Esprit 120 telescope paired with an astronomy camera and a range of filters and peripherals from his home in the city of Guelph, Canada.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2026
  • The grandeur of fantasy at our fingertips, Mario’s essence blown up to galactic proportions, has yet to be rivaled.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • And when Sherman Harrison heard his daughter’s angelic voice, all bets were off.
    Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 18 May 2026
  • With her backless white Stella McCartney gown, halo of curls and tiara, Kate Hudson looked positively angelic at the 2003 Met Gala.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • Though in some sense this is a cautionary tale, the way that first Homer describes their attachment, and then Tennyson elaborates on their doomed, blissful apathy, is seductive in its own right.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • Their debut album expands on their pop-meets-Panorama Bar ethos, landing on a blissful medium that will please casual heads and die-hard Front Left-ers alike.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Adjective
  • Her ghost of a smile should be parsed as beatific rapture.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • King is known for creating beatific dances in collaboration with master musicians, pieces that feature the artists on stage in San Francisco (though LINES Ballet often performs on tour with a recorded score).
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The paradisiacal destination isn’t that surprising a choice to fans of Kelce and his bride to be, Taylor Swift.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Six inhabitants of a paradisiacal coastal village initiate a pilgrimage on push bikes to save it from rising sea levels.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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