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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era
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as in beauty
a lovely woman
like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess
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Recent Examples of goddess
Leslie takes to Ted and Nicole's anniversary party plans like Eris, the goddess of Strife, took to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis - bent on destruction.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Guests on the route will also have the chance to experience Viking’s latest vessel, Viking Nerthus, so named for the ancient goddess of fertility and earth.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
The cloud, named Eos after the goddess of Greek mythology who signified the dawn, contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Parthenon is the actual structure at the top, the temple dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and military victory.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Guests on the route will also have the chance to experience Viking’s latest vessel, Viking Nerthus, so named for the ancient goddess of fertility and earth.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
The cloud, named Eos after the goddess of Greek mythology who signified the dawn, contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Parthenon is the actual structure at the top, the temple dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and military victory.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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After stepping back from the spotlight, Gary Sinise is letting fans in on his family's private battle with cancer − and finding beauty after tragedy.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Also in the first quarter, Burry doubled his stake in beauty retailer Estée Lauder to a bet worth $13.2 million.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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In a hilarious TikTok, Tisdale reveals her daughter can't stop singing the songs from the films and is especially obsessed with her mom's role, a fabulous and determined musical theatre diva named Sharpay Evans.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
15 May 2025
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Barbra Streisand fans woke up to wonderful news Wednesday morning (April 29): The diva of all divas is releasing a new studio album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, on her longtime label Columbia Records on June 27.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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For instance, in 2020, a team of German researchers adapted the classic experimental setup using Oreos and vanilla cookies with German and Kenyan schoolchildren, respectively.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
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Local Fox 21 News reported that many parents weren't aware of what was happening until school staff members informed them a student had passed out cookies to a group of kids who then got sick.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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