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noun

plural of divine

as in priests

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of divine

as in anticipates

to realize or know about beforehand it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him

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Noun

Kropschot divines melodies in lines like a composer eking out a score. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2025

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Noun

Several priests were suspended over their work in Sandinista Nicaragua.

— Eben Levey, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
In the English cut, this feels like a distinction without a difference, since Rama’s training by various priests and sages has, in fact, been in anticipation of a conflict with Ravana.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of priests

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Professor Shaun Harper, a Beyoncé superfan who designed the course, anticipates criticism that students should be learning practical skills rather than studying a pop star.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
These will include a next generation of landers the agency anticipates needing once humans have started to return to the moon regularly.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of anticipates

Noun

Followers at the time were led by a constellation of preachers and elders, all men.

— Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
But DeFalco is drawn to the sidewalk dwellers, street preachers and parking-lot boozers who also lurk down there and help (or hinder) Ten, usually at a loud volume.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of preachers

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For the same reasons little dogs appeared so frequently at the feet of dead women (and clerics) in tomb sculpture, plenty of Renaissance portraits feature them as a symbol of fidelity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Oddly enough, Iran and Afghanistan, both ruled by clerics, are the only countries in the world that still regularly stage public executions.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of clerics

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Gadi Eisenkot, the challenger in a vote last month that left no majority, is one of Netanyahu's former ministers.

— Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Two former ministers from Orban’s ‌government and former central bank chief Gyorgy Matolcsy are currently under arrest over graft accusations in separate investigations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026

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