as in zealous
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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
Adjective
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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
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Amazon is breathing new life into Stephen King's troubled high school teen Carrie White and her religiously zealous mother.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Adding more throughput is unwieldy and impractical.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Maison Irem Pearl Bow Shoe Charms While swapping standard nylon laces for pearl strands might be an impractical venture, clipping on two little pearl bows at your sneakers’ centers is an effortless maneuver that will pay dividends in sheer beauty.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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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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Modern dating — regardless of orientation — has its challenges, but that doesn’t mean your desires are unrealistic.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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All of this could lead to some wonderful utopian possibilities.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Some of the Family were virtuoso singers, others just filling in for a line or two at a time, but there was always that utopian tribal spirit.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2025
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When the sun journeys through sentimental Cancer, there is a greater focus on home, family and emotional stability.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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This is Spielberg at his most pure and sensational, an undiluted cinematic experience that lacks any of his sentimental claptrap and steers clear of his tendency for multiple endings.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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