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as in innocents
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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as in forerunners
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 donors
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 angels
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
As for angels with a devil-may-care attitude, this new Gucci is also represented by it girl Sydney Lynn Carlson and rapper Fakemink (who both walked in the show too) as well as photographer Nadia Lee Cohen and director Aidan Zamiri, the director of Charli XCX’s The Moment.
—Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
The angels are in for an earful.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Porcelain angels and long red candlesticks adorn a small brick fireplace that's been painted green.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
At the turn of the century, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu assumed the iconic roles of the crime-fighting angels and launched the franchise into blockbuster territory.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Your dinner-party guests will soon be pampered with all things angels, roses, and the sort of preppy-chic ribbons that not only grace the hair of Robbie’s character but have also been pivotal in her IRL press-tour ensembles as of late.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Nirghin, a Thiel fellow as well as the youngest board member of the Google Impact Fund, has won backing for Emanate from Peter Thiel himself, as well as Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and other prominent angels.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
The players and their families have been known to toss it in the air and make confetti angels.
—Donna Gordon Blankinship, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
As for angels with a devil-may-care attitude, this new Gucci is also represented by it girl Sydney Lynn Carlson and rapper Fakemink (who both walked in the show too) as well as photographer Nadia Lee Cohen and director Aidan Zamiri, the director of Charli XCX’s The Moment.
—Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
The angels are in for an earful.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Porcelain angels and long red candlesticks adorn a small brick fireplace that's been painted green.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
At the turn of the century, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu assumed the iconic roles of the crime-fighting angels and launched the franchise into blockbuster territory.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Your dinner-party guests will soon be pampered with all things angels, roses, and the sort of preppy-chic ribbons that not only grace the hair of Robbie’s character but have also been pivotal in her IRL press-tour ensembles as of late.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Nirghin, a Thiel fellow as well as the youngest board member of the Google Impact Fund, has won backing for Emanate from Peter Thiel himself, as well as Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and other prominent angels.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
The players and their families have been known to toss it in the air and make confetti angels.
—Donna Gordon Blankinship, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angels
Noun
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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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The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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These were the forerunners of today’s robots.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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And these projects may just be the forerunners.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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National Republicans and major donors have worked to try and keep the incumbent lawmaker in Washington.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Verdigris is holding a fundraising dinner Sunday to preview A Western for donors with Gordon and Moriarty in attendance.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Among his promises were government imports of 144,000 sheep and 46,000 cattle to make meat more accessible for Ramadan meals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Before the fire at Fine Oak Farms, the Animal Welfare Institute reported that other barn fires in Ohio this year killed 162 sheep, horses, cows, chickens, and other animals.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Longmore noted that some of the complex molecules are thought to be precursors to amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Just as most precursors have done, the PGA gave PTA and his fellow producers Adam Somner and Sara Murphy their Best Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Award.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Eclipses are harbingers of change, often bringing intense shifts in perspective and catapulting us into new realities.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Few harbingers are more promising than the Swedish singer and producer Robyn.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
26 Dec. 2025
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Additionally, these revenue-sharing numbers don’t include third-party NIL payments, which can provide a significant advantage to schools with a large alumni base — or with wealthy benefactors, which has been the case at Oregon (Phil Knight) and Indiana (Mark Cuban), for instance.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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PragerU has received major funding from hard-right benefactors, including Betsy DeVos’s family foundation and the billionaire fracking brothers Dan and Farris Wilks.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angels. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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