Babylonian

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Recent Examples of Babylonian Ezekiel did his prophesying from exile before and after the destruction of the First Temple in the Babylonian conquest of 586 B.C.E., another defining cataclysm in Jewish history. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025 Cristina lounges about between scenes in velvet frocks and jackets, tended by a criminally obliging doctor, like a figure from Hollywood’s Babylonian era. Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025 The Code of Hammurabi, a Babylonian legal code, according to History, contains one of the earliest beliefs that Friday the 13th is unlucky because a 13th law was omitted from its list of legal rules. Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024 Ethan Hawke's true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his attic, playing them and consequently putting his family in grave danger thanks to the appearance of a Babylonian deity named Bughuul. 39. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 The four tablets analyzed in the new study date to the middle and late Old Babylonian periods (circa 1894 to 1595 B.C.E.), some 4,000 years ago. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024 The formula for its hero product, a natural soap housed in refillable glass bottles, is inspired by 5,000-year-old Babylonian recipes. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024 This verse seems to invoke the Babylonian custom of tattooing servants. Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 10 July 2024 During his reign in the sixth century BC, Cyrus the Great—Kourosh in Persian, Koresh in Hebrew—was famous for having liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity. Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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Adjective
  • The 1 Hotel Brooklyn delivers a luxurious retreat steps from one of Brooklyn's most magnetic attractions: the Brooklyn Bridge itself.
    Malik Peay, USA Today, 24 May 2025
  • There might be a squeeze for retail space in the Hamptons, but there are enough high-profile launches happening this season to make the shopping scene interesting — and a bit different for those summering on Long Island’s luxurious East End.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • The new album is a deluxe version of León’s 2024 Palabra de To’s.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 16 May 2025
  • Later this month, Green Day will release the deluxe edition of its most recent album Saviors.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • It is also known as Damask or Damascene rose and is revered for its luxuriant scent.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The development pre-built its luxuriant landscaping and outdoor plazas, then incorporated an indoor golf simulator, fitness center and café as tenant amenities.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, the preview offered a peek into the dark side behind the attorneys’ success and lavish lifestyles.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal the doctrinal divisions among early Christians; Leo X, a member of the powerful Medici family, helped provoke the Protestant Reformation with his lavish lifestyle and sale of indulgences.
    Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 21 May 2025

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“Babylonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Babylonian. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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