as in heroes
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
a movie star whose portrayal of a comic book superhero in a blockbuster series has made him the idol of millions
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Recent Examples of idols
No longer can basketball executives plan for a distant future while waiting on their teen idols to grow up.
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Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing, something is unlocked.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Fans, who never had a chance to cheer Les Grenadiers on soccer’s biggest stage, have had to decide where their loyalties will lie while players who perhaps grew up idolizing the team must now convince themselves their idols can be beaten.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
All advantages and idols are all transferrable at all times — aside from after the votes are read at Tribal Council.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
In the midst of it all, young children decked out in Algerian gear hemmed and hawed at their idols.
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Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
The woman's phone is encased in an undulating rubbery glitter sculpture with tiny portraits of K-pop idols suspended inside.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Baoase is also transporting, as any memorable hotel should be, with a strong Asian-esque design that includes ubiquitous Balinese Hindu statues, idols, and sculptures, and a reliance on simplicity over dazzle.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Are Henry James’s heroines, surely among the most extraordinary female characters in literary history, really one-dimensional idols?
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing, something is unlocked.
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Fans, who never had a chance to cheer Les Grenadiers on soccer’s biggest stage, have had to decide where their loyalties will lie while players who perhaps grew up idolizing the team must now convince themselves their idols can be beaten.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
All advantages and idols are all transferrable at all times — aside from after the votes are read at Tribal Council.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
In the midst of it all, young children decked out in Algerian gear hemmed and hawed at their idols.
—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
The woman's phone is encased in an undulating rubbery glitter sculpture with tiny portraits of K-pop idols suspended inside.
—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Baoase is also transporting, as any memorable hotel should be, with a strong Asian-esque design that includes ubiquitous Balinese Hindu statues, idols, and sculptures, and a reliance on simplicity over dazzle.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Are Henry James’s heroines, surely among the most extraordinary female characters in literary history, really one-dimensional idols?
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idols
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Colombian fans serenaded their heroes outside the Dalmar Hotel, the team hotel, in Fort Lauderdale Friday night.
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While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves.
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The soccer gods, inherently fickle and usually corrupt, actually rewarded that blind devotion.
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That’s the kind of match the Wimbledon bracket gods were hoping for to open the event, but Williams is probably happier with what came out of the bag Friday morning in southwest London.
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“Idols.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idols. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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