1
as in to know
to have a clear idea of
to anyone who beholds the immense complexity of life on earth
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2
as in to see
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes
I opened the window blinds and beheld snow everywhere
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Recent Examples of behold
Her energy, her wit, her emotional intelligence is a thing to behold and really underpins a lot of the scenes and a lot of the work.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
Watching the Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Grey’s Anatomy fully commit to one another is a beautiful thing to behold.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Unstable in legibility, the words ask that the painting be both read and beheld.
—Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
Watching the Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Grey’s Anatomy fully commit to one another is a beautiful thing to behold.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Unstable in legibility, the words ask that the painting be both read and beheld.
—Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Newsom said in a court filing on Thursday that troops had moved beyond those allowable duties to actively assist ICE agents in making arrests, in violation of a federal law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which is designed to prevent the military from being used as a domestic police force.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Brandon Galli-Graves, Staff Attorney at Justice Action Center, said that the organization does not know how DHS will conduct immigration enforcement toward beneficiaries of the program.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni told reporters after the match, which finished 1-1, that Messi preferred to come off rather than see Scaloni take off young playmaker Thiago Almada.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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By June 2023, the pair were spotted enjoying several outings in New York City, and the following month, they were seen holding hands outside of Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, Calif., and kissing at Crossroads, a restaurant in West Hollywood.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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To understand how the deportation dragnet works, TIME joined ICE officers on a pair of morning raids in the New Orleans area.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Ranked from the top, they are understood to be The Eastern Gate, The Thaw, Spain’s When No One Sees Us, X-rated Queen, and A Decent Man.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Nineteenth-century Americans did not simply notice hair’s unusual properties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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La Rue claims Leto was observing her so intensely that her mother noticed.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that Russia pushed forward with the Dnipropetrovsk offensive after Ukraine refused to recognize Russia’s territorial gains during the peace talks in Istanbul.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Besides Wright’s visit to the clubhouse, Manager Ron Washington said a few words to the team about Hendricks, to recognize the moment.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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Trump may already be eyeing a replacement for the chair of the Fed.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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More Getty Images Now, with the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont upon us, one of the toughest courses that's freaking out professionals, Thomas is eyeing his new goal.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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But way more hustlers, con artists and grifters than any other generation of human beings on Earth has ever had to comprehend before, let alone fend off.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Contrary to popular narratives about AI dominance, the primary risk during this phase is not autonomous AI threats but rather the possibility of humans losing direct operational control or ability to observe, comprehend and timely intervene into the flows executed by agents.—
Egor Pushkin,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The unreleased feature has been spotted in a beta version of Android 16 Tired of super-bright HDR videos and photos popping up in your social feeds?—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The over-all effect is like watching a movie that’s supposed to be set in the nineties and spotting a Tesla in the background.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Behold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behold. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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