Olympian

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Recent Examples of Olympian Starstruck by Olympian celebrity, Persephone rebels against her mother Demeter and sneaks into a party at the Acropolis. The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Brock Faber The cornerstone defenseman is slated to be an Olympian next year and the No. 1 defenseman in Minnesota for the next decade. Michael Russo, New York Times, 19 June 2025 The former Olympian and reality TV star had traveled to Israel to attend the city's annual Pride Parade, which was canceled because of security concerns following Iran's missile attacks. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025 Softball The Pointers, who won the school’s first CIF San Diego Section softball title May 30 in Division II and entered the Southern California Regional Division III tournament as the No. 1 seed, shut out No. 4 Olympian 3-0 in the semifinals. Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Olympian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Olympian
Adjective
  • In 2020, Bad Robot capitalized on another moment in time to strike a megabucks renewal deal with WBTV — but momentum has observably subsided within the once-utopian Bad Robot offices (complete with a private chef and movie stars working in residence).
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But there will be no stopping progress, only a utopian, Fairey-like hope that those who come will be inspired to keep and nurture the magical qualities of the place.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • If your unable to view comet C/2025 R3, sky watchers can prepare for two cosmic spectacles this spring.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Staring up at a nearly six-story-tall screen, witnessing a unique planetary event, itself the product of a remarkable cosmic coincidence, unique to our place and position within the solar system, is an exceptional experience.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • No direct hits are required; shock waves from a jet can ripple across hundreds of thousands of light-years to churn galactic gas into stars or to extinguish star formation entirely by expelling those gas reservoirs into intergalactic space.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Article continues below Star clusters and dimmer nebulas are visible threaded through the galactic plane, while the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way — appears as a hazy patch of light to the bottom right of the shot.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
  • On the flip side, the devil works hard, but the Bravo gods work harder, because, thanks to impeccable timing, this episode couldn’t have made Ciara look any more angelic.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Rent a canoe or kayak and bask in the blissful quiet of the wilderness.
    Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In my book, loungewear (and blissful comfort) is absolutely seasonless.
    Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Her ghost of a smile should be parsed as beatific rapture.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides serenely along beneath a beatific sun.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The paradisiacal destination isn’t that surprising a choice to fans of Kelce and his bride to be, Taylor Swift.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Six inhabitants of a paradisiacal coastal village initiate a pilgrimage on push bikes to save it from rising sea levels.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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