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Recent Examples of apotheosis
And so the walks are be becoming this kinda apotheosis of like response.
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Outside Online, 25 June 2025
Shahn’s best work doesn’t need this apotheosis, though.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
At the apotheosis of technical wizardry, Vacheron Constantin debuted the most complicated wristwatch in the world, the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication-La Première.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
The Promise And Perils Of AI Clippy didn’t represent the apotheosis of human innovation or an existential threat to human learning.
—Brady Gilliam, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apotheosis
Outside Online, 25 June 2025
Shahn’s best work doesn’t need this apotheosis, though.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
At the apotheosis of technical wizardry, Vacheron Constantin debuted the most complicated wristwatch in the world, the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication-La Première.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
The Promise And Perils Of AI Clippy didn’t represent the apotheosis of human innovation or an existential threat to human learning.
—Brady Gilliam, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apotheosis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosis
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But receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame hadn’t even crossed her mind, let alone make it onto any of her manifestation boards.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The tort claim asked for at least $300,000 in damages on behalf of the woman, who’s suffering from nausea, anxiety and sleeplessness as physical manifestations of emotional distress, Gordon wrote in the claim.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Oct. 2025
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The movie follows the Shakers’ irrepressible leader — who espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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In its original incarnation, the group stood in opposition to the House Un-American Activities Committee’s Joseph McCarthy-era interrogations of Hollywood figures suspected of communist sympathies.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The movie proved to have a lasting impact over filmmakers and pop culture, building a legacy over the decades as a cinematic classic.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Tabarca, Spain — Spain’s Mediterranean islands have come to represent an ideal of lifestyle and leisure.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Even pandas—poster child of adorableness—don’t match the plush ideal.—
Marisa McMillan,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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But perfection has eluded Philly thus far.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Though he was outdueled by Aaron Nola, whose bid for perfection was broken up by Christian Vázquez’s solo home run with two outs in the sixth inning, Ryan turned in one final strong start to cap the best season of his career.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Song for song, Showgirl is her best since the Folklore/Evermore double-shot of five years ago — that might look like an unbeatable zenith, but then so did Red before Folklore happened.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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In other words, at its post-Diana zenith, the support for the monarchy was there but had gone soft.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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What Kentucky House Bill 90 does Freestanding birthing centers, which have soared in popularity around the country in recent years, are separate from hospitals, providing a midwifery model of care with a focus on labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tropical Storm Octave spaghetti models Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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By 1998, when Lewis H. Lapham filed two reports on the WEF for this magazine, globalization and its political sister, Third Way politics, were at their acme.—
Caitlín Doherty,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The sentence on Cafe Kestrel’s menu is the battle cry of the heroic rabbit Bigwig, shouted in righteous rage at the leader of the enemy tribe of rabbits, at the acme of the story’s great climactic battle.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2024
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