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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
The jailhouse tropes extend to Nick’s fellow inmates who sing like angels.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
An oil painting on angels on Spelling’s wall inspired the show title, and the speaker box on Spelling’s desk morphed into the idea of Charlie’s speaker.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Original angels Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith were joined by Cheryl Ladd, who first signed in for duty during the show's second season.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Photos of him in frames with hearts and angels wings dotted the shelves.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lyrics of their earlier tracks are dotted with images of angels and other elements of the divine.
—Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
Those of us who are worried about the morality of our fellow citizens won't restore this nation's better angels by holding on to our cynicism.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Our players are not angels either, of course.
—Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
An oil painting on angels on Spelling’s wall inspired the show title, and the speaker box on Spelling’s desk morphed into the idea of Charlie’s speaker.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Original angels Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith were joined by Cheryl Ladd, who first signed in for duty during the show's second season.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Photos of him in frames with hearts and angels wings dotted the shelves.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lyrics of their earlier tracks are dotted with images of angels and other elements of the divine.
—Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
Those of us who are worried about the morality of our fellow citizens won't restore this nation's better angels by holding on to our cynicism.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Our players are not angels either, of course.
—Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angels
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 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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The Norwegian ended his season before the Olympics to further recover from a shoulder injury, but attended the finals as one of the forerunners, who test a course shortly before a race starts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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These were the forerunners of today’s robots.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Wealthy donors have contributed significantly to the organization's $300 million haul since the 2024 election, federal records show — a record-breaking sum.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Funds came from a mix of individual donors and philanthropic partners.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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The work, collected by Yves Saint Laurent and Paul Bergé before drawing the interest of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Marino, and Tom Ford, offers a fantasy of les enfants laughing while perched on one of Lalanne’s woolly sheep in a sprawling Parisian apartment, Right Bank parents with Left Bank kids.—
David Lê,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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As part of the Great Exchange, which spanned from 1492 to 1640, Europeans brought over cows, sheep, and goats.—
Karla Walsh,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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Iran also spied on Iraqi positions with rudimentary precursors to drones, an early use of one of the regime’s most effective weapons in its attempt to blockade the strait.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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In March, state media reported that China arrested seven people in an operation targeting traffickers of fentanyl precursors, according to the Reuters news agency.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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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
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In recent years, there have also been reports of vandalism and attacks on robotaxis and delivery robots, which some see as harbingers of a high-tech future not everyone asked for.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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If nothing else, Kidman should rally the rest of her Big Little Lies castmates as a roving band of blonde soothsayers and harbingers of eternal sleep.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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The benefactors, on the other hand, wore their wealth with ease.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The gifts have come from individual donors and corporate benefactors such as JBL, which has provided speakers and equipment, as well as guitar makers Fender and Gibson, among others.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angels. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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