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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

In many ways, staffers say, the shooting was a manifestation of an attack the agency was already feeling.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper’s exploration of the many manifestations of symbiotic collaboration.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of manifestation

Noun

But still — a solid episode of Project Runway in its current incarnation.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
This is the first time Santa Cruz Shakespeare has produced a Wilson play, stretching back 45 years into the company’s former incarnation as Shakespeare Santa Cruz.

— Steve Palopoli, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarnation

Noun

Choose from a mix of Sterling Forever's classics, like tennis bracelets and necklaces, pendant styles, studs, hoops and more accented with beautiful colors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
The chain was known for its street tacos, nachos and more Tex-Mex classics, as well as its affordable meal deals.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of classic

Noun

According to the New York Times on Sunday, that drive to capitulate lays bare a firm was caught between its progressive ideals and the business demand for corporate practice.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026
Maxxing involves individuals ignoring the potentially harmful consequences of their actions in pursuit of unrealistic and often thwarted ideals of self-improvement.

— Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of ideal

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For a series built around the unsettling idea of collective perfection, Pluribus works because each department thrived in the chaos of creation.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
When venture, corporate venture and acquirers are all long the same shelf, the shelf is priced for perfection.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of perfection

Noun

Civilizations could have risen to their zenith and crumbled in the time our micrometeoroid spent traversing the unfeeling expanse of interplanetary space, but its demise lasted but a fraction of a second.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026
There was a time when the odd chart slot and a feature on the soundtrack of the latest FIFA game would mark the mainstream zenith of a breakthrough junglist.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Definition of zenith

Noun

Typically, some models deviate and predict a waning event at some point, or a switch into La Niña, which is El Niño’s colder water sibling.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Palantir has gone on the offensive to combat the narrative, arguing that the AI models from Silicon Valley companies don’t perform as well and steal customers’ private data (an argument that the other companies dispute).

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of model

Noun

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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