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apotheosis

noun

ə-ˌpä-thē-ˈō-səs

Definition of apotheosis

as in manifestation

the most perfect type or example the apotheosis of the picaresque novel

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Recent Examples of apotheosis After portraying Alabaster, down to his pearly-white surname, as the apotheosis of white male villainy, Cash deflates him by arguing, essentially, #NotAllMen. — Malavika Kannan, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026 For this Welsh immigrant family rose from nothing to produce an American icon who mastered a distinctly American art form — the ultimate apotheosis of the American Dream — and who is, ironically, the most miserable of them all. — Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 But the apotheosis of the ceremony arrived early, and had little to do with individual personalities. — Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026 Trump is at once a symptom of this disease and its apotheosis, a living representation of all the ways the United States has encouraged, tolerated and rewarded the most selfish and antisocial behaviors imaginable, at least among a certain class of person. — Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apotheosis

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Noun

From this perspective, conventional quantum formalism can be understood as a mathematics of manifestation.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The 1905 law explicitly mentions religious ceremonies, processions and other outdoor manifestations as subject to the ordinary rules governing public order.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of manifestation

Noun

In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Vintage photographs and century-old artifacts nod to the property's original incarnation.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of incarnation

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Miramax’s greater value likely lies in its library, which includes prestige pictures and cult classics like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, and Gangs of New York.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
At Mish Delicatessen on La Brea Avenue, chef Eric Greenspan reimagines Jewish deli classics with influences spanning North America, the Levant and Europe.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of classic

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The ongoing spat with the US has resonated with swing voters who lean right and embrace nationalist ideals.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
The Chicago Blackhawks were coming off a less-than-ideal season opener to Vegas, where the Stanley Cup runner-ups cruised to a 5-2 win.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideal

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At its zenith, the collection of buildings housed world-famous galleries and artist exhibitions that made the gritty section of Santa Monica an unlikely contemporary art capital.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Eventing, at the best of times, is an adrenaline junky’s zenith; a game for the preternaturally brave and ineffably technically minded.

— Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of zenith

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Trust took another nosedive when OpenAI’s agents attacked Hugging Face this summer and, in a world-first, a rogue model hacked the Australian Government’s website.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Future product expansion for Scout For now, the Traveler and the Terra models are the main priority.

— Chase Jordan October 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of model

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The individual as the atom of decentralization and society or governments as the acme of centralization.

— Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The master Christian demonstrated the acme of faith with works by consistently healing those who were sick and inspiring sinners’ reformation.

— Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025

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