REINCARNATION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

reincarnation

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Recent Examples of reincarnation When foreign governments are pressed to support the CCP’s right to oversee the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, the true objective is rarely about religion. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 This is not only devastating because Aang appears fatally injured, but because if an Avatar dies in the Avatar State, the entire cycle of Avatar reincarnation ceases and the earth’s balance is forever lost. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 The backstory Born holy to an order of Franciscan nuns, this 15th-century building settled into private hands before its 1993 reincarnation as Four Seasons’ first continental European outpost. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026 Why couldn’t a kid from Newark, New Jersey, be the reincarnation of Dante Alighieri? — Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reincarnation

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Confession, but questions remain Precisely what happened after Berezovska, Reut and Zhykovych met by the highway is unclear — each of the two men have given their own version of the story.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
The frozen version is a sleeper hit, with a slushy texture that is even more drinkable.

— Jason Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of version

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The trade-off is precision and tooling maturity, so this suits tasks that can tolerate approximation more than ones needing bit-exact results.

— David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
This season, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), the show’s closest approximation of a hero, finally claims the Iron Throne, many years after having been named heir to it, controversially, by her father, King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), in Season 1.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of approximation

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While this may have been KiiiKiii’s first time in North America, their music has left a lasting impression on listeners.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Instead, fans have only seen short clips of Mourinho’s impressions via the club’s in-house media channels.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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