1
as in pacifist
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems
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2
as in angel
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of dove
Would our kind hosts have either doves or quail?
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
What follows is a series of comical misadventures—navigating checkpoints, ruining a wedding, and even car theft—all in a desperate race to get the dove to a beauty pageant in Jerusalem.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 60 Israelis in nine days propelled Netanyahu, the hard-liner, to defeat Peres, the dove, and win the election.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
What follows is a series of comical misadventures—navigating checkpoints, ruining a wedding, and even car theft—all in a desperate race to get the dove to a beauty pageant in Jerusalem.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 60 Israelis in nine days propelled Netanyahu, the hard-liner, to defeat Peres, the dove, and win the election.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
Noun
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All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
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Also in 1968, Blais worked as an assistant director on Straight to the Heart, a dramedy by Jean-Pierre Lefebvre that starred musician-actor Robert Charlebois as a pacifist brainwashed by mysterious authorities to embrace war.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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For it is He who created the angels, and thus Memnoch, a fallen angel, who God basically sees as the loyal opposition.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The handsewn and carefully backstitched quilts feature colorful images of buffalo heads, turtles, eagles, angels and other patterns that come to Water in her dreams.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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Four-legged robots have similarly learned to effortlessly navigate rugged landscapes and even herd sheep.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
8 Jan. 2026
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In a key scene, the innocents jump back and forth between dinner parties playing out at the same time despite taking place on successive nights.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Hermann Nitsch crucified lambs and bulls, and Joseph Beuys attempted cohabitation with a coyote.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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After a day of hiking or horseback riding across the pampas, guests gather for hearty Chilean meals of spit-roasted lamb and chargrilled steaks and pisco sours by the fire.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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