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Recent Examples of beatitude Ruth knew the community said the same thing—anyone reading the New Testament out loud said the same thing—and were dutiful in concern for all those implicated in both beatitudes and the Civil Rights Act. Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being. Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020 Hearing Jesus deliver the beatitudes, Judas mutters disbelieving asides. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 May 2017
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Noun
  • There was a spirit of abundance and joy, too; that can’t be remiss.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The winning animal photos of the 2025 International Pet Photography Awards are a heartwarming, playful and artistic look at the animals that live among us, providing joy as pets.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Poehler plays Joy, the embodiment of happiness in the mind of main character Riley, in the Inside Out movies.
    Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Co-written with Claire Douglas, Hannah Ellis, and Jason Massey, the song explores the uneasy tendency to sabotage our own happiness, pairing wistful guitars with Velasco's soaring vocals.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those few extra inches are the difference between sitting pretty and reclining in bliss.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For three-quarters of its pages, the book reads like a paean to dope, a lyrical testament to the transcendent bliss of the first time using, and to the futile effort to recapture it.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Beatitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatitude. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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