the gods
plural noun
British
: the highest and cheapest seats in a theater
The people in the gods can be the hardest to please.
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Phillips talked to her students about an excerpt of Plato’s Symposium, in which—at the beginning of time—Zeus splits each human in two in order to foil their plan to overthrow the gods.
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Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
As if the gods of cinema inserted themselves to make sure the right movie was honored rather than the one with the guy trying to save jazz.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Chariots of the gods, ships in the sky: how unidentified aerial phenomena left their mark in ancient cultures
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—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons, used to honor the gods, with the head of a griffin, whose visage is that of an eagle but whose body is that of a lion.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
As if the gods of cinema inserted themselves to make sure the right movie was honored rather than the one with the guy trying to save jazz.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Chariots of the gods, ships in the sky: how unidentified aerial phenomena left their mark in ancient cultures
Britannica.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons, used to honor the gods, with the head of a griffin, whose visage is that of an eagle but whose body is that of a lion.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the gods
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“The gods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gods. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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