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
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 godIn a miracle from the beat gods, workers on site were able to clear out the piles of debris and construct a new stage to host the fest’s headliners overnight, giving Nervo, Axwell, Martin Garrix, Alok and others a place to perform on night one.—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 July 2025 Territorial fans who didn’t want commercial pop audiences infiltrating their scene in the first place are never too thrilled about new listeners or the pop-leaning pivots from their rock gods.—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025 There have been entire weeks that the TV scheduling gods seemed to abandon, while honest-to-god breakouts have been few and far between.—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025 Like the Janus god of Roman mythology, the relationship between culture and commerce is circuitous.—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for god
For many, the relationship with tequila ended in their early 20s with promises made to some dormitory deity — often made of porcelain — to end a miserable night’s agony.
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Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French named their daughter after the planet, which is also inspired by the Roman deity Jupiter.
Davidson’s hero, Ionescu, obliterated the record books in Oregon and left an indelible legacy replete with awards.
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Devon Henderson,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend Taylor Swift's NYE party
Swift rang in 2019 with a fun costume party at which everyone dressed up as their childhood heroes.
Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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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.
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