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as in wonderful
of the very best kind
how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!
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as in heavenly
of, relating to, or being God
for these divine gifts let us be truly thankful
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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as in to anticipate
to realize or know about beforehand
it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him
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Recent Examples of divine
Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Sure, the South of France lures beautiful people eager to indulge in sunning, day drinking and looking divine in a maillot.
—Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Andrew Latham, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Gold leaf canvases are placed to catch and reflect light in ways that signal the divine.
—Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Under that paradigm, Evo acquires an uncanny knack for divining what sequences are compatible with life and for spinning out useful variations of nature’s molecules.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Leavened with wild yeast, the breads are divine, with rotating flavors and varieties.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Sure, the South of France lures beautiful people eager to indulge in sunning, day drinking and looking divine in a maillot.
—Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Noun
More to Explore What is Fundamentalism? Livia Gershon November 28, 2022
Fundamentalism, which shifts the balance between authority structures and the indescribable divine, emerged after medieval society gave way to the modern.
—Andrew Latham, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Gold leaf canvases are placed to catch and reflect light in ways that signal the divine.
—Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
The Fed’s aggressiveness implies that its rules, and the tests it’s devised as a way of divining the soundness of banks, is what keeps those banks upright.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Under that paradigm, Evo acquires an uncanny knack for divining what sequences are compatible with life and for spinning out useful variations of nature’s molecules.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divine
Adjective
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My 10-year-old avocado grown from seed produced two wonderful fruits last year.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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She’s got a wonderful dynamic with Sydney Agudong, who plays Nani.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Basically a man who had built a solid reputation as a career university president naively entered the Church of Florida Autocracy, donned sackcloth and ashes and prostrated himself … ultimately for no heavenly reward whatsoever.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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During the prayers in the now-viral video, White was speaking in tongues, a practice that is commonly used by charismatic Christians who evoke ecstatic sounds that believers find to be a heavenly language.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
Noun
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That’s despite the full commitment of Dan Stevens as real-life priest Joseph Steiger.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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But as the abuse scandal spread globally during Francis’ 12-year pontificate, the commission lost its influence and its crowning recommendation — the creation of a tribunal to judge bishops who covered up for predator priests — went nowhere.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Verb
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That’s the threshold where extreme heat, storms, and droughts become more intense, more frequent, and more challenging to anticipate using outdated models built on decades of relatively stable climate risk trends.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The storms are anticipated to bring quarter-sized hail (1 inch) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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This is an excellent time to invest, pitch a creative idea or spruce up your portfolio.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Robin will make an excellent addition to our great Kentucky State Senate Majority!—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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There is some irony that the lawmakers working on the bill with preliminary votes on both Saturday and Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath, violated the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Below, shop the 13 best ceramide moisturizers recommended by experts, along with holy grail picks from Vogue editors themselves.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Buskirk — his dad and great grandfather were preachers — shortly after accepting the football job felt the calling to explore ministry work.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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My dad was a Methodist preacher from a long line of them.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Wind gusts of up to 60 mph and penny-sized hail (0.75 inches) are foreseen.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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But these were either not available or not deployed quickly enough at the air bases targeted by Ukraine on Sunday – most likely because Russia simply didn’t foresee this type of attack.—
Benjamin Brown,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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“Divine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divine. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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