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Recent Examples of hierophant The number five also equates to the hierophant card in tarot, which is associated with spiritual guidance and learning. Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
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Noun
  • Television viewers would not see this footage until 1975, when a late-night show hosted by Geraldo Rivera showed a grainy, bootlegged copy narrated by a couple of conspiracy proponents.
    Time, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Hegseth's decision was quickly and sharply derided by members of the media and proponents of a free press, who noted that pre-approval of reportable material would limit the ability of reporters to provide vital news to the public about America's military.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Kneeling was widely used by protesters and supporters after Floyd’s death to signal sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement and a call for racial justice.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Stephanie Bell is none other than Stephanie Kelton, now an exponent of Modern Monetary Theory.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As one careful exponent of technical legal craft addressing another, Burroughs hit the mark.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By long-standing practice, the most senior apostle then becomes the next church president.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to the Jesus tower, another would be dedicated to Mary, with bluish granite ornaments meant to evoke her iconic cloak; there would also be spires for each of the four Evangelists and the twelve apostles.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Hierophant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierophant. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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