1
as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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2
as in herald
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
looking forward to seeing those red-breasted angels of the spring—robins
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as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money
over the years the industrialist frequently served as the symphony orchestra's anonymous angel
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Recent Examples of angel
The round was led by economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia, with participation from an angel investor group headed by Mahir Sahin, a former advisor to Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory X (formerly Google X) and founder of Cloudberry Ventures.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Capellini is a long, thin noodle that is thinner than spaghettini (thin spaghetti) and thicker than angel hair.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Every time a Cybertruck is mocked on TV, an angel gets its wings.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Capellini is a long, thin noodle that is thinner than spaghettini (thin spaghetti) and thicker than angel hair.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Every time a Cybertruck is mocked on TV, an angel gets its wings.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angel
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Marie, Andre, Jordan, and Emma put down the supe uprising, but then psychotic fascist Homelander showed up to condemn them as villains and herald the murderous Cate and Sam as top students and potential recruits for the thoroughly corrupt Seven.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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But Choi and Dang are no longer liberica’s sole heralds.—
Alex Mayyasi,
Saveur,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Carroll, Iowa, a fourth‑generation newspaper publisher named Doug Burns joined forces with the Democratic California congressman Ro Khanna to ask Khanna’s Silicon Valley donors to help Iowa’s newspapers by putting $4 million toward a project to combat misinformation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Prior to the latest round of attacks, European donors were steadily closing the gap between available funding and equipment, and what Ukraine’s energy ministry has requested.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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In the first It movie (2017) directed by Andy Muschietti, a young Mike Hanlon (Chason Jacobs) goes to work at the family sheep farm.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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For our money, the noise wins out every time, with the notable exception of scenes including that sheep.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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To commemorate his legacy, city and community leaders gathered on Thursday — on what would have been his 85th birthday — to install an honorary street sign at the intersection of Tooley Street and Oriole Street in Encanto.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The researchers also uncovered signs of immune and inflammation pathways involved in the disease, which could help guide treatment in the future.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.—
Annika Bahnsen,
Orange County Register,
19 July 2024
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The event is a precursor to the major United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, next month.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some people in this group had Alzheimer’s dementia, others had what is called mild cognitive impairment of the Alzheimer’s type (which is sometimes a precursor to the disease) while another group with no evidence of dementia or cognitive decline served as a control.—
Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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The event turned out to be a forerunner to the UN Earth Summit.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Angel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angel. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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