alpha and omega

noun

Definition of alpha and omeganext
1
as in be-all and end-all

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2
as in center

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Recent Examples of alpha and omega The mosaic also depicts alpha and omega, the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet — when paired, they’re used as a Christian symbol. — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The hosts have been funneling through their alpha and omega of SGA and Jalen Williams. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 22 June 2025 At the base of the rotunda, serving as an alpha and omega, is Arthur Jafa’s 2016 video Love is the message, the message is Death. — Mark Guiducci, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alpha and omega
  1. be-all and end-all
  2. center
  3. cause
  4. marrow
  5. causality
  6. core
  7. causation
  8. seat
Noun
  • Don’t let one path be your be-all and end-all.
    — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • For those whose work is their be-all and end-all, being let go can be earth-shattering.
    — BYOrianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
Definition of be-all and end-all
Noun
  • The exchange came as Kyiv pressed its campaign against Russian infrastructure, with a drone attack on Sunday shutting down a data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by technology giant Yandex.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Mentions of data centers have, predictably, shot up across all three networks in recent months as political backlash against AI swells and the data centers themselves have become a salient issue ahead of the midterms.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of center
Noun
  • No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation, the department said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The disaster management agency is trying to determine the cause of the flash flood in the Budhi Gandaki river, which merges into the Trishuli river and is a key waterway near the capital Kathmandu.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of cause
Noun
  • If a crack reaches a giant zucchini’s internal cavity, the zucchini — known as marrow by growers — is disqualified.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Kaluuya embodies Jay, newly released from a psychiatric hospital because Misty ran out of money to pay the bill, all the way down to the marrow.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of marrow
Noun
  • Case reports on those deaths and hospitalizations that were submitted to regulators do not prove causality; many of the Vykat cases involved complex medical issues and multiple medications.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Real-world studies evaluate associations and can’t determine causality.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of causality
Noun
  • The core mission of the SSC is to move personnel and material off amphibious ships.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The market kept its core strands and added ProducerHub, InnoAsia, Doc Square and The A, and these drew people who had never attended a market before.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of core
Noun
  • Both lines of work are early, unanswered questions remain, and neither establishes causation yet.
    — Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Observational data can show correlation — that people taking GLP-1s were perhaps more likely to have this eye complication occur — but not causation.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of causation
Noun
  • The supplier will still need to complete development, testing and certification before the seats enter production.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • For a company increasingly focused on taking humans out of the driver’s seat, the Roadster reminds us that driving can still be part of the attraction.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of seat

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