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 Conference Program’s first 50 sessions will cover topics including AI ethics, space exploration, sustainable design, the creator economy, angel investing and the potential for humans to inhabit the ocean.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 June 2025
Smart angels outside Silicon Valley would do better to avoid such instruments.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Also on deck for Lionsgate are Good Fortune starring Keanu Reeves as a meddlesome angel along with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansar and Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence’s Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 17 June 2025
One time, the girls knocked over a ceramic Black angel from a collectibles shelf.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 June 2025
Smart angels outside Silicon Valley would do better to avoid such instruments.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Also on deck for Lionsgate are Good Fortune starring Keanu Reeves as a meddlesome angel along with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansar and Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence’s Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 17 June 2025
One time, the girls knocked over a ceramic Black angel from a collectibles shelf.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angel
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Leave the innocents, the children, the ones who just want to live a simple life, out of the bombing and destruction.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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No acknowledgment of the innocents — including U.S. citizens — swept up in some of the Trump administration’s indiscriminate raids.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Once again the plot bent toward total transformations of the Republic, accompanied by the thrilling heralds of Trump’s imminent downfall.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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Four years later, the high court invalidated a limit on the amount of money a donor could contribute to federal candidates in a two-year election cycle.—
June 30,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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Last Friday, an anonymous donor left a box containing a large fan by the front door of the First Baptist Church of Park Forest.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The farm’s Dirt Lover cheese (a pure sheep’s milk, bloomy rind cheese with a vegetable ash coating) is a 2025 Community Choice Good Food Award winner.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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This is especially important at a time when the number of sheep in the United States has declined in recent years.—
Nathaniel Trojanoski,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2025
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District administrators said the signs — including one displaying open hands of different skin tones — violated West Ada’s district policy.—
Emma Epperly,
Idaho Statesman,
28 June 2025
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Moon sign planting dates Above-ground crops: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 27, 28, 31 Below-ground crops: 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23 Control weeds: 11, 12, 13, 20, 21 Prune trees and shrubs: 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26 3.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 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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Organizations can measure psychological safety data as a precursor to inclusion.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Washington said the firms funneled money to Chinese firms that produce the precursors for fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid that has stoked a drug epidemic in the US.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
27 June 2025
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The killer is a man who, for all his delusions, pokes at the other men’s complacency and domesticity — making this thriller a forerunner of everything from Easy Rider to The Hitcher to Collateral. 20.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Here is a look at some of the most likely forerunners to serve as the 267th pope, according to public reporting.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Angel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angel. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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