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Recent Examples of apotheosis The Super Bowl, in particular, is the apotheosis of appointment TV, and remarkably most U.S. viewers kept that appointment even when the score was 24-0 at halftime. Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 For me, the apotheosis of grandeur and scintillation was Northbrook Court in the 1980s. David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 The real prize at this feast, however, will be those molecules that most efficiently store energy, your fatty acids, so that the caloric orgy reaches its apotheosis in that fattiest of all your organs, that thing which seemed most you: your brain. Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 To experience the apotheosis of Germany’s Spargel-love, a trip to the famed Spargelfests in regions such as Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Lower Saxony is in order. Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apotheosis
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Noun
  • Inside the park, attendees can roam through physical manifestations of Nintendo games, including the Mushroom Kingdom and Donkey Kong Country.
    Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Throughout season 1 the Doctor met numerous incarnations of the same woman, all played by Susan Twist.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
  • The relationship between corruption and the modern incarnation of right-wing populism is twofold, in that populists often run against corruption and then behave corruptly.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The 1985 classic spent two weeks at No. 1 during its original run and remains one of five chart-toppers for the band.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 16 May 2025
  • When the Wires Go Dead: Why Spain’s Train Crisis May Spark a Hydrogen Future In the middle of the day on 28 April 2025, Spain lived a modern replay of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Aunt Lydia always believed in the ideals of Gilead, even when Gilead did not live up to those ideals.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • The breathable fabrics wick away moisture and encourage natural body temperature regulation, making this quilt the pick ideal for hot sleepers.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The lightweight serum transforms dull, frizzy strands into glossy perfection.
    Allure Editors, Allure, 13 May 2025
  • With his signature blend of mischief and insight, Perry probes the elusive ideals of authenticity, the allure of perfection, and the ever-shifting identity of the artist.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The end of this series, and specifically Game 5, feels like their zenith.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • If dandyism is, at least in part, a kind of showy restraint—being seen on purpose without caring so much about how the spectacle is apprehended by others—this was something like its zenith.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Toyota's midsize sedan is a best-selling model in its segment that competes with popular rivals like the Honda Accord.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Together, their strengths offer a model for a pope who can shepherd with both mind and heart — faithful to doctrine and fearless in love.
    Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Apotheosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosis. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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