as in almighty
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knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Recent Examples of omniscient
No one can possibly know everything, so why waste time pretending to be omniscient?
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Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Not only that, but far from being omniscient, impersonal and impartial oracles, machine learning results can be heavily conditioned by the quality of the input data and by the assumptions in the machine learning algorithm’s modeling.
—Federico Guerrini, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This is especially true among leaders who often face pressure to be omniscient.
—Dr. Michelle Frasher, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Their gods weren’t omniscient, weren’t omnipotent, and definitely weren’t all good.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Not only that, but far from being omniscient, impersonal and impartial oracles, machine learning results can be heavily conditioned by the quality of the input data and by the assumptions in the machine learning algorithm’s modeling.
—Federico Guerrini, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This is especially true among leaders who often face pressure to be omniscient.
—Dr. Michelle Frasher, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Their gods weren’t omniscient, weren’t omnipotent, and definitely weren’t all good.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient
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Back in 2020, Dana Walden — then head of Disney TV and now co-chair of Disney Entertainment — negotiated a blockbuster deal to steal the almighty Kardashian clan away from their longtime home, NBCUniversal.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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The Hollywood pair took an almighty punt when deciding to spend £2million buying a club that even its most devoted fans feared would never again experience football’s glories.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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In subsequent retcons and embellishments over the years, before the Big Bang occurred for the seventh round, Galan was infused with the glowing omnipotent essence of the Sentience of the Cosmos to become the immortal being Galactus.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the new deal will give UA full rights to the franchise, which dates back to the 1986 feature about immortal warriors starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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The original Highlander, in 1986, starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery and portrayed the climax of an ancient battle between immortal warriors, unfolding through interwoven past and present-day storylines.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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But the Liberals handled this with supreme competence.—
Daniel Block,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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Federal courts dismissed Atlanta case but lawmakers call rulings 'backwards' Court decisions dismissing the Atlanta case focused on the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, which holds that federal law is supreme above state law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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In Green Lantern, Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is granted superpowers and joins an intergalactic police force via an all-powerful green ring that grants him his powers.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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In this dangerous setting, the United States will need to rediscover diplomacy in its classical form—not as a bag carrier for an all-powerful military or as a purveyor of global norms, but as a hard-nosed instrument of strategy.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Jockeying under a watchful Eye Amid widespread speculation over who will be the next pope, theologians say the faithful look at pre-conclave jockeying as a chance for the divine to intervene in human matters.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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As a nice bonus, the blurring primer has a hint of tropical smell (from the coconut juice and cactus flower extract) that’s truly divine.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
2 May 2025
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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