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as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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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
Leonardo Fernandez / Getty Images Breanna Stewart held a sign, fans at a women’s hockey game chanted and Steve Kerr appealed to better angels as the sports world reacted Sunday to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis over the weekend.
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Devon Henderson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
Tell me a little about the actual logistics of shooting Corey and the angels on tour.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Anarchism ushered in by machines, Eden’s exile reversed by robots, a millennium not of the angels but of androids.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Susa Ventures led the round and was joined by Halcyon Ventures, Overlook Ventures, and angel investors.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Devon Henderson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
Tell me a little about the actual logistics of shooting Corey and the angels on tour.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Anarchism ushered in by machines, Eden’s exile reversed by robots, a millennium not of the angels but of androids.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Susa Ventures led the round and was joined by Halcyon Ventures, Overlook Ventures, and angel investors.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angel
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As a result, tennis balls were stuck on the ends of his horns to protect the innocent.—
Mark Price
January 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2026
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In a key scene, the innocents jump back and forth between dinner parties playing out at the same time despite taking place on successive nights.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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New studies, however, clearly show that medical marijuana is not nearly as effective as the pro-marijuana lobby heralds.—
Mike Gimbel,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Looking for bathroom storage ideas to herald in a loo refresh?—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2026
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Infamously, a February 2024 story published by Bloomberg suggested that Panera Bread restaurants, owned by Newsom donor and former high school classmate Greg Flynn, would be exempt from a fast-food minimum-wage increase due to provisions pushed by the governor.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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From 2016 until 2022, he’s accused of taking donor money to buy luxury travel, fine dining and extensive home renovations.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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However, one quick look at what companies like Boston Dynamics has achieved with robots like the rather creepy dog-like ‘Spot,’ who herds sheep in New Zealand, and the possibilities seem endless.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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From the late nineteenth century to the nineteen-fifties, the island functioned, in effect, as a company state where, as Pitts observes, the sheep got better treatment than the people, with the pastures as well watered as a golf course.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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There were no clear signs of things getting better, either, and with all the teams beneath and around them in the table improving, there was little choice but to make a change in the dugout.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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In a sign of confidence that an attack may be off the cards for now, oil prices fell and Gulf stock prices rose.—
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semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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Alessandro Michele, at Valentino, was also thinking of how to collide reality and fantasy, staging his collection in nooks inspired by the kaiser panorama, an early 20th century precursor to cinema, in which viewers sat around a circle, staring into a contraption displaying slides.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Passionate about utopian socialism and architecture, Gaudí’s forms and shapes were totally fresh, otherworldly and are sometimes referred to as a precursor of the Surrealist movement, of which Salvador Dalí was a key proponent.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The forerunner of British Invasion took the summit of American entertainment, which was a huge deal across generations.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Manufactured between 1960 and 1980, Scouts were beefy 4x4s and a forerunner to the SUV.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Angel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angel. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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