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as in be-all and end-all
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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.
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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
Content is its own alpha and omega.
—WIRED, 2 Apr. 2023
And for me, the ‘alpha and omega’ is the freedom.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 May 2022
Some call it our alpha and omega energies.
—Emily Goodson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022
The Hoyas are his alpha and omega.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 10 Apr. 2021
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
Content is its own alpha and omega.
—WIRED, 2 Apr. 2023
And for me, the ‘alpha and omega’ is the freedom.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 May 2022
Some call it our alpha and omega energies.
—Emily Goodson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022
The Hoyas are his alpha and omega.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 10 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alpha and omega
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Each summer, the jury seems to be out on what the trendiest, be-all and end-all sneaker color is — and 2025 is so far providing us with a slew of options, from white sneakers that can be worn with dresses to those featuring subtle pastels like butter yellow.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
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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
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For years, advocates for expanding child birth options in Kentucky have called on lawmakers to reduce barriers to establishing freestanding birthing centers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, behind lung cancer, although death rates have been decreasing over the last three decades.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nobody wants to be seen by voters as the cause of a shutdown that will leave many federal workers without pay and some services closed.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The story of the bitter conflict ripping Loving County apart is inseparable from its history, one of hardship, survival, and ties to an unforgiving place that are born deep inside a person’s bones like marrow.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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There’s no need for a barbecue joint to grind and smoke its own brisket hot dogs, to slow roast marrow bones for the beef-and-queso dipping jus, or to cook one style of ribs over direct heat on Saturday and another style on an offset pit on Sunday.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Immediate opportunities in a PV context include the ability to unlock and distill richer insights from existing safety data, highlighting potential new connections as an aid to causality assessment.—
Aman Wasan,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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These studies, like most studies that assess environmental exposures, typically cannot determine causality between agricultural-pesticide exposure and autism risk.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The new quad-core processor inside is likely doing a lot of heavy lifting there.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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Courts often look to market reactions as evidence of loss causation.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, lawyers will have to prove causation, which hasn't yet been established.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jose Mourinho had just got up from his seat in the Benfica dugout, at the start of the game, when the Chelsea supporters in the Matthew Harding Stand at Stamford Bridge started to serenade him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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As the applause continued, Clooney kissed his wife Amal, who looked emotional in her seat just behind him.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Alpha and omega.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpha%20and%20omega. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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