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Recent Examples of messianic
Cruise, in his public pronouncements, comes across as the CEO of his own destiny, and so there’s something almost messianic about his daringness in these films.
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
In the opening chapter of this new term, Mr. Trump has acted like a man on a mission, moving with almost messianic fervor to transform America from top to bottom and exact retribution against enemies at the same time.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Trump’s messianic appeal may seem like a twenty-first-century creation, a product of partisan rage, epistemic drift, and American-style evangelicalism.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Our hero’s bitterness at the state of the world varies in this film from the vaguely messianic to the satisfyingly cathartic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
In the opening chapter of this new term, Mr. Trump has acted like a man on a mission, moving with almost messianic fervor to transform America from top to bottom and exact retribution against enemies at the same time.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Trump’s messianic appeal may seem like a twenty-first-century creation, a product of partisan rage, epistemic drift, and American-style evangelicalism.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Our hero’s bitterness at the state of the world varies in this film from the vaguely messianic to the satisfyingly cathartic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
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The Trump administration’s zealous dismantling of DEI programs that have taken root in corporate and civic sectors in recent decades was addressed head-on by Inkwell Beach speakers.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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Maybe Trump thought that Musk was just another always-Trumper, one of those zealous converts who will happily let their leader get away with any ideological contortion, no matter how cynical.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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This sheer volume makes manual auditing impractical and reinforces the need for intelligent tools that can scale.—
Prashant Kondle,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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By contrast, the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands have been allocated to Wi-Fi for a long time, are heavily used, and modifying existing devices to stop using parts of the bands would be impractical.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Modern dating — regardless of orientation — has its challenges, but that doesn’t mean your desires are unrealistic.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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If Zion Williamson and Dejounte Murray remain healthy and Trey Murphy III keeps it up, the playoffs are not unrealistic.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Advertisement While the setting of Brokeback Mountain, where the pair first works together herding sheep, provides secluded idyll along the (theoretically) utopian lines of Fire Island, Jack and Ennis are largely divorced from gay culture.—
Rich Juzwiak,
Time,
24 June 2025
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Here was a community built on collectivist and utopian principles that had decided 88 years after its founding to disband.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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The ‘pouf sentimental’ hairstyle was created by hairdresser Leonard Autie and debuted on the Duchesse de Chartres in 1774, famously adorned with 14 yards of gauze, figurines, a plate of cherries and a parrot.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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That is my favorite now because of sentimental reasons.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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