divas

noun

variants or dive
plural of diva
as in queens
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity the reigning diva of daytime television

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Recent Examples of divas Like many divas, Houston had a habit of showing up late, and when she was finished, she was finished. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 And on the fashion front, wedges and studs are adorning the most downtown divas this side of 2010. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 3 June 2026 Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026 If the lineup tells you anything about what’s to come, the season is full of divas, all under one roof. — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 15 Jan. 2026 The movie is all about girl power The members of HUNTR/X are powerful pop divas who hunt demons by night. — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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  1. queens
  2. goddesses
Noun
  • With guest judge Brooke Shields in the house, the queens played the celebrity-impersonation competition with a twist.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Clean water and advanced medicine, for example, are now commonplace across much of the developed world despite once being a luxury even kings and queens couldn’t reliably access.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of queens
Noun
  • The first exhibitions will trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics, and modern cinema.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance?
    — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of goddesses

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