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
  • While many who have seen Pluribus — Apple TV‘s biggest series to date — are clamoring for what’s next in the chilling utopian saga (especially after that explosive Season 1 ending), creator Vince Gilligan is tempering expectations on the release timeline for Season 2.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
  • There were participants in our cohort who remained rightfully critical of our utopian aims, our spectrum of privilege, and our position as cultural workers living through global extinction, famine, corruption, and violence in all its forms.
    Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Most of the galaxies in the Universe are small and faint; most of the stars in the Universe emit primarily red or even infrared light; most of the galaxies in the Universe are rich in dust; most of the Universe that’s observable to us are located at significant cosmic distances.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Tracking how clusters assemble across vast stretches of time and space also informs our knowledge of the cosmic web and the cosmological parameters that shape it.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Unlike on Earth, where the atmosphere and magnetic field provide substantial protection, astronauts are exposed to galactic cosmic rays and solar radiation.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Any theoretical model that describes how those active galactic nuclei (AGNs) emit flares and produce other brightness variations must match the actual observations.
    Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Football is the framing device for this romantic fantasy about LA Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton, who wins the starting job, then dies in a traffic accident while biking home (thanks to angelic error).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Some are blissful and lucky and just happy to be there.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The skyline is filled with rocky plateaus, tranquil meadows, and four seasons of climate that range from blissful springs to harsh winters.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • That sincere belief in the serenity of golfing is affirmed by the beatific animation.
    Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
  • His eyes were limpid, faraway, flooded with tears, his gaze beatific.
    Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Plenty of itineraries have been curated with Italophiles in mind, with the seven-night Livorno to Naples journey taking travelers to dazzling destinations like Napoleon’s exile isle of Elba and the paradisiacal beaches along north Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda via the French island of Corsica.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The film, to its credit, does not skimp on paradisiacal visions.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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