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Recent Examples of anointment
Bad Bunny’s fame was growing ever more mainstream in the years before his Super Bowl anointment.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anointment
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Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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With just days to go before this year’s induction ceremony, one of the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees has sent his regrets.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are among the eight players up for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next year via the Contemporary Baseball Era/Player Ballot.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rochelle, in her 50s, is working toward a master’s degree and ordination at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Before her ordination, Mullally worked as a nurse at hospitals in London, going on to serve as Chief Nursing Officer for England.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of the three-day summit, attendees and Goldman leaders talked all things AI—from the most lucrative investments, to the tech’s impact on the environment, and its potential to innovate industries.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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With successful pilot projects, supportive policies, and industry investment, progress is accelerating.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Fort Funston is a former military installation overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The exhibition will unfold with an introductory sound installation leading into a hallway that introduces six galleries with themes of gothic, psychological, science, slasher, religion and ghosts.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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A day after King Charles knighted the soccer legend, 50, at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, the former athlete's wife, Victoria Beckham, shared videos of David lighting backyard fireworks.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Royal honors are a longstanding tradition in the United Kingdom, with approximately 30 investitures held each year to celebrate recipients from the King’s biannual honors lists.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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The TikTok comes after Frazier’s fellow Dance Moms castmates, Christi Lukasiak and Kelly Hyland, said on Monday's installment of their Back to the Barre podcast that they weren’t given a heads-up about the book or its contents.—
Tanisha Bhat,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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By adjusting their positions in real time, the drones can not only lift and transport the heavy object but also control its orientation, which is crucial for precise placement in complex environments.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Over the summer, officials in Turkey — where the lawsuit says some of the allegedly fraudulent Drake streams originated — started investigating Spotify over several allegations, including bribes for playlist placement and bot streams distorting domestic charts.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Anointment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anointment. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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