ANOINTMENT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

anointment

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Recent Examples of anointment The result of this dynamic tension of bootlickers, according to Bernhard’s narrator, is the perpetual elevation and official anointment of mediocrity. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 According to the Dera, Singh’s ascent to power is a story of divine anointment. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026 Bad Bunny’s fame was growing ever more mainstream in the years before his Super Bowl anointment. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Film buffs see this process as akin to an anointing; the trademark C, tucked into the upper-left corner of a plastic clamshell, signals a movie’s importance.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Daemon charged his queen with making a show of strength for all the realm to see, and her response is to once again visit the High Septon and beg for an anointing.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of anointing

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Stewart sealed her reinvention with a Best Actress nomination for Spencer back in 2022, but due to the Academy’s longstanding bias against hunks, Pattinson has been forced to wait longer for his own induction into the Oscar clubhouse.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Amin is partnered with forever Saint Drew Brees, who is fresh off his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in black and gold.

— Takashi Williams, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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The July 2 decree said the two bishops leading the unauthorized ordination, held in Switzerland on July 1, had been excommunicated, along with the four priests who had become new bishops, which was widely expected.

— Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Cardinal Blaise Cupich presided over the ordination.

— CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 20 June 2026

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In April, Flock Safety opened a 97,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Smyrna that is intended to create more than 200 jobs over the next three years as part of a $10 million investment.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Analysts also underscored that all cylinders of the Indian economy were firing, with high-frequency indicators showing that consumption and investment in the country were holding up.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of investment

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Or, more specifically, in its central courtyard, admiring a soaring installation of a gridded wooden sculpture.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
The Bengals made no secret of its installation and their re-dedication to using the under-center and play-action chapter of the playbook this offseason and in training camp.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of installation

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On July 21, Belgium’s royal family gathered in Brussels for the holiday, which marks the historic investiture of King Leopold I in 1831.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Cynthia Erivo channeled subdued elegance in Givenchy by Sarah Burton for her Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) investiture at Windsor Castle in England on Tuesday.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 May 2026

Definition of investiture

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The people featured in the 11th annual installment of this uplifting exercise help the less fortunate, tend to the environment, tempt our taste buds, help budding entrepreneurs thrive, minister to the downtrodden and more.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
For modern audiences, this scene likely evokes the imaginative world of Toy Story, the long-running film franchise about the secret lives of children’s toys, which launched to great acclaim in 1995 and recently released its fifth installment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

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