1
as in salvation
the saving from danger or evil
the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought
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as in verdict
a position arrived at after consideration
the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom
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Recent Examples of deliverance
When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Fame is perhaps this tower, an ultimate entrapment in the self that is also a deliverance from it.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
After having little luck finding a traditional TV outlet willing to double ESPN/ABC’s current $90 million/year deal, F1 seems to have found deliverance by way of its theatrical partner.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
While deportations remain a focus, the administration's deliverance of this pledge is being widely celebrated as a victory for border security.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Fame is perhaps this tower, an ultimate entrapment in the self that is also a deliverance from it.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
After having little luck finding a traditional TV outlet willing to double ESPN/ABC’s current $90 million/year deal, F1 seems to have found deliverance by way of its theatrical partner.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
While deportations remain a focus, the administration's deliverance of this pledge is being widely celebrated as a victory for border security.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverance
Noun
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Traditional holiday themes of generosity, salvation, and tradition are mostly absent here.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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And all of that offers a certain salvation, a shelter of sorts from the unjustly brief and linear time we are given.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As outrage over the verdict catalyzed activist campaigns into criminalizing spousal rape in every state (only achieved, with many loopholes, in 1993) the town of Salem, Oregon just wanted to move on.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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In October 2025, a Florida appeals court overturned that verdict.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Archival added that rescue efforts had been hampered by the fact that any sparks created by digging machinery could ignite methane gas emitted by the landfill, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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At least four people were killed and 25 others were injured there, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which said rescues were ongoing.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The prose looks polished, charts look clean, and a single percentage point buried in the model quietly pushes the decision in a different direction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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His reckless decision to escalate the aggression and number of immigration agents is a causal factor, regardless of the outcome of an investigation into this tragic death.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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With Donna’s Banishment seeming almost a forgone conclusion, Cumming summoned the players back to a special morning edition of the Roundtable to just get the inevitable out of the way.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ball certainly didn’t have any issue getting into the action, posting a team-best 11 first-quarter points on the strength of making his first three attempts and banking in a running 3-pointer off the glass at the buzzer, signaling the conclusion of the game’s initial 12 minutes.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But Jennings' liberal attitude toward the airing of his opinions, regardless of their content, almost cost him the job.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Lawmakers critical of the military action argue the rationale in the opinion is inadequate for the situation and have demanded that it be made public.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Like her unprecedented sapphire engagement ring, her wedding tiara represented a determination to stay true to herself.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Here in California, our determination to defend our own laws, to hold fast to climate protections and civil rights, felt no longer like partisanship but survival.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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There was no judgment, no riddle to be answered or trial needing to be passed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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So, others are rushing to judgment, too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Deliverance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverance. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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