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as in deity
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods

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as in Lord
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe let us give thanks to God

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as in hero
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema

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Recent Examples of god Rulers on the Nile did not rely solely on their own human powers but worshipped and propitiated a natural world that was alive with gods. Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 So what if the Engineers copied their own DNA to create humanity; how would the discovery of their existence further embolden the wealthy, who already see themselves as new gods, and drive further wedges between despots like the Five? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 Osiris is the Egyptian god of the underworld, and Ra is the Egyptian sun god. Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for god
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  • Martínez zeroed in on the ruins of the large temple of Taposiris Magna, located in what’s now the town of Borg El Arab, despite the fact that there was no information about which deity the temple was for or who built it.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The festival, held at Estancia High School in Costa Mesa, will include meals, music, dancing and puja, a Hindu ritual of worship performed to honor and establish a connection with a deity or sacred presence.
    Gabrielle Gillette, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • There are streets and parks named for Cuban heroes—from Máximo Gómez, an anti-colonial fighter of the nineteenth century, to Osvaldo Payá, a Christian dissident who died in a suspicious car crash in 2012.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On the silver screen, Chris Pine has played heart-stopping action heroes.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Fans decked out in style of their idol Chappell Roan crowded in to be some of the first to get onto the National WWI Museum and Memorial grounds to see the first of the pop superstar’s two concerts there.
    Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While Annie seemed like the odd duck out, her closest, idol-holding ally Alex seemed to be considering Sophi as his target, with the goal of taking out his bromance Jake’s other bestie.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
  • By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025

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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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