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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
The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Our divine James Wilkie, Loretta and Tabitha, oh God.
—Tabitha Britt, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
That’s a profound way of understanding what the divine is, even if all the stories of miracles are not literally true.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Alina Selyukh, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The Etruscan civilization 2,400 years ago in ancient Italy, experts say, believed the future could be divined using chickens, which were said to embody magical qualities.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Some viewed the discovery as a divine gift, while a local priest chastised the explorers for unearthing Satan, saying the blowout was God’s punishment.
—The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Our divine James Wilkie, Loretta and Tabitha, oh God.
—Tabitha Britt, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
The feminine Shakti There are certainly examples of the feminine divine to be drawn from Christian and other Abrahamic religious traditions.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
That’s a profound way of understanding what the divine is, even if all the stories of miracles are not literally true.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
Her job is to divine what our shopping habits tell us about our economy and our future.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The Etruscan civilization 2,400 years ago in ancient Italy, experts say, believed the future could be divined using chickens, which were said to embody magical qualities.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divine
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Second, that Carrick was genuinely a player of wonderful ability, who was seen as a tremendous talent from a young age.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Giving family members an opportunity to enjoy the cruise at their own pace can go a long way to creating a trip filled with wonderful memories, Denison says.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The sequence of Enoch among the heavenly hosts, violent, shattering with Blakeian geometry and color.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Zesty orange biscuits lay atop a bubbling mixture of tart plums, brown sugar, and five-spice in this oh-so-heavenly cobbler.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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Pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams are in the streets, courthouses, and places of worship defending immigrant communities.—
David Ostendorf,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some viewed the discovery as a divine gift, while a local priest chastised the explorers for unearthing Satan, saying the blowout was God’s punishment.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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For reasons that don’t bear going into here, this turned into a bigger fight than anyone anticipated.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Nobody could have anticipated that the profound affection Neihardt shared with his wife—later described by biographers as one of the great love stories in American letters—would converge with his work on Black Elk and culminate in one of the most exotic cases in the history of psychical research.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The German is an excellent all-round forward who excels in bringing the best out of the teammates around him.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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While not every product in the brand’s SOS collection includes hypochlorous acid (an excellent anti-acneic ingredient), the serum does.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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The three men—Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders—conducted a 27-minute cosmic travelogue and, at the end, on that cold, holy night, took turns reading from the Book of Genesis.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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And, holy cats, what a beautiful dream.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The television series emphasizes the role of Michael Woroniecki, a controversial Christian preacher from Grand Rapids, in the family's lives, though Woroniecki denies any influence.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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What Twin wouldn’t give right now for her own hands to be her mother’s or a preacher’s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Indeed, Spiber’s plan foresees replacing a large amount of edible sugar with waste by 2026.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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And Tester is foreseeing progress that goes far beyond the 2006 blue wave that swept him into office.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Divine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divine. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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