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as in deities
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 heroes
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 gods
As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
From the 1960s until his death in 2020, Latchford supplied collectors with ornate friezes, temple carvings and statues of Hindu gods, Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Millions of others who don’t believe in any gods have no national motto.
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David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
The weather gods had other plans for us.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
The sports gods shined on them for once in a long while.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
While the baseball gods were clearly not on the Orioles' side during Taveras' at-bat, his teammates managed to overcome the free out and score two runs in the bottom of the frame to tie things up at 4-4.
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Mark Harris Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Not every artist is waiting for the algorithmic gods to show up.
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John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
The nonprofit civil rights organization FAIR, which supports the LDS Church, argued that is not true – that the church believes in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, not multiple gods.
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Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
From the 1960s until his death in 2020, Latchford supplied collectors with ornate friezes, temple carvings and statues of Hindu gods, Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Millions of others who don’t believe in any gods have no national motto.
—
David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
The weather gods had other plans for us.
—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
The sports gods shined on them for once in a long while.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
While the baseball gods were clearly not on the Orioles' side during Taveras' at-bat, his teammates managed to overcome the free out and score two runs in the bottom of the frame to tie things up at 4-4.
—
Mark Harris Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Not every artist is waiting for the algorithmic gods to show up.
—
John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
The nonprofit civil rights organization FAIR, which supports the LDS Church, argued that is not true – that the church believes in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, not multiple gods.
—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gods
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Instead, Chesnut said, indigenous people linked the figure with the death deities of their own ancient belief systems.
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History Many modern hijras cite precedents for their community in ancient Sanskrit texts, which include narratives of people and deities who shift genders or portray mixed genders.
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As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
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Look, Letterman is one of my all-time comedy heroes.
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No longer can basketball executives plan for a distant future while waiting on their teen idols to grow up.
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Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing, something is unlocked.
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“Gods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gods. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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