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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
She is known as one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era.
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as in beauty
an attractive woman
Like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess.
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Recent Examples of goddess
Selene also has an expansive garden terrace with a bar that’s a biophilic dream replete with flowers and plants as well as a retractable-roof atrium that opens to the sky above- a nod to Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.
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Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Named for the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos Garden is now open at the Water Pump House, a native coral rock and Dade slash pine house built in 1923.
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Connie Ogle
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Green goddess dressing is one of those recipes that earns permanent residency in your fridge.
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Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.
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Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Named for the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos Garden is now open at the Water Pump House, a native coral rock and Dade slash pine house built in 1923.
—
Connie Ogle
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Green goddess dressing is one of those recipes that earns permanent residency in your fridge.
—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.
—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
Noun
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The room was spacious and well-outfitted, and there are also double queen guest rooms available in this section of the resort.
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The logic here is highly questionable — dying for your queen and dying by her hand are not equivalent sacrifices — but let’s blame Lorent’s lapse in judgment on the chaos of the moment.
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There’s nothing more satisfying than a poolside lunch or candlelit dinner on the beach, where your three courses total up to less than 600 calories and are still doing your brain, beauty, and microbiome good.
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All of our differences, all of our uniqueness, that’s the beauty, ya’ll.
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Which has made the genre a useful tool for Lopez to parse her celebrity and further enshrine herself as a diva.
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Nicholas Galitzine plays He-Man, aka Prince Adam of Eternia, who, as an adolescent, was sent to Earth after his kingdom was conquered by Skeletor, played by Jared Leto as a purring diva.
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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