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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 The millenia-old quest to control fire may be nearing its apotheosis as technology has finally come for some one of the oldest cooking techniques out there. — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 Lost Lantern’s passion for sourcing whiskey from every corner of this great land of ours has reached its apotheosis with its tribute to America on its 250th birthday, The United States Of Bourbon. — Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Trading for Antonio McDyess There was a nearly endless run of bad personnel decisions over the two decades before this administration arrived, but the McDyess deal in June 2002 might be the apotheosis of them. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 6 June 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 See All Example Sentences for apotheosis

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Noun

The store was designed by Storage Milano in partnership with Tommasi Bardelle and is a physical manifestation of the brand.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
While invisible themselves, these cosmic behemoths reveal their presence by bending the light of nearby objects, and the Black Hole Hunters project is searching for one specific manifestation of this effect.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of manifestation

Noun

In its previous incarnation as an EV specialist, Tesla could have helped.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Mike Flanagan’s story loosely co-opts the villain origin tale behind many of those incarnations — actor with an ax to grind gains shapeshifting abilities — but otherwise starts more or less from scratch.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of incarnation

Noun

If ordering à la carte, opt for Hanoian classics like phở bò and bún thang.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Watch On In this Canadian cult classic that doubles as a coming-of-age story, a sardonic goth transforms into a werewolf in the days leading up to Halloween and terrifies her younger sister.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of classic

Noun

Eisenkot sees the election as a test of whether Israel can preserve the democratic and national ideals of the Zionist movement or drift further from them.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
Le Bar The bar at the Four Seasons Hotel George V is essentially the platonic ideal of a hotel bar.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideal

Noun

Having lost one daughter, Chrissy sought perfection in her remaining child, ignoring the risks of the modification procedure that have resulted in sickly Josie slowly succumbing to a chronic illness.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Counted in that giddy stretch of unexpected euphoria was actual perfection, a run from August through January without defeat, capped off with, of all ridiculous things, a national championship.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of perfection

Noun

After rendezvous this morning, Dragon will autonomously dock to the zenith port on the station's Harmony module.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Zara, which has been upping its retail game in recent years, has taken things to a new zenith in Paris, taking over a historic mansion in the Marais district to showcase the first Re{form} Zara collection designed by John Galliano.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of zenith

Noun

Next, the researchers developed a simplified model that reproduced the observed rotation and current increase.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The vicious cycle of the current model, of course, is that to become marketable a team needs to get and retain good players, and to do that a school has to spend money, which cycles the whole thing back to the start.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of model

Noun

Together and apart, Saville and Boty worked and played at the acme of a hip London artistic scene very different from the folk music pubs.

— Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
The individual as the atom of decentralization and society or governments as the acme of centralization.

— Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026

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