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as in beatific
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as in cherubic
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Recent Examples of angelic
And when Sherman Harrison heard his daughter’s angelic voice, all bets were off.
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Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 18 May 2026
For women over 40 looking for the perfect bold crimson or angelic pink, the color payoff is professional-grade, delivering long-lasting saturation that remains nondrying throughout the day.
—Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
The difficulty is creating space for a righteous character’s wisdom without reducing them to an angelic caricature.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
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Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 18 May 2026
For women over 40 looking for the perfect bold crimson or angelic pink, the color payoff is professional-grade, delivering long-lasting saturation that remains nondrying throughout the day.
—Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
The difficulty is creating space for a righteous character’s wisdom without reducing them to an angelic caricature.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
Adjective
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Her ghost of a smile should be parsed as beatific rapture.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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King is known for creating beatific dances in collaboration with master musicians, pieces that feature the artists on stage in San Francisco (though LINES Ballet often performs on tour with a recorded score).—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Whereas its predecessor could take forever between seasons, losing nothing but its child stars’ cherubic looks, the new show has no such luxury.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Burke’s heroine, Natalie, is a trad wife with a large internet following, fundamentalist Christian convictions, a brood of cherubic children, a working farm, and a penchant for handcrafting items that could be purchased at the drugstore.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The feeling of those blissful days is quite different now.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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To learn more about the blissful alchemy of Starbucks Oleato™ beverages, visit here today.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Levenson highlights how the subtext of this attitude was that contracting a highly infectious disease was divine punishment for sin and that the only way to avoid disease was to live a virtuous life.—
Diana Gitig,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2026
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The good news is that because character comprises a set of virtuous habits, it can be developed and strengthened.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Offensive coordinator Andrew Janocko added that Bowers can be a transcendent player for his group.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Real social connections embed us in something larger than ourselves, connecting us to families, communities, organizations, and shared stories that provide us with transcendent meaning.—
Clay Routledge,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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Suzuki is a young beatnik of Greenwich Village, a moral, sharp-witted kid wanting a place where children can be taken seriously, free to manage their own affairs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Set during World War II, the drama examines the mechanisms of collaboration under the Vichy regime through the lens of a man whose ambition and moral weakness lead him to become complicit in the persecution and deportation of Jews.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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But in Soni’s careful translation, the repetitions and subtle variation of Verma’s poems also achieve a haunting, transcendental resonance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Torn recently opened for transcendental drone purveyors Sunn O))), and longtime Sunn collaborator Randall Dunn produced imagine.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Not only is Earth's celestial neighbor a pristine time capsule ripe for study – preserved almost unaltered throughout the course of billions of years – but the moon is viewed as a stepping stone for human exploration deeper into space.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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This dazzling celestial object, dubbed the Crystal Ball Nebula, lies about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the Taurus constellation.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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