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as in deity
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods

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as in Lord
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe let us give thanks to God

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as in hero
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema

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Recent Examples of god The isle’s maritime heritage is honored at the Pak Tai Temple, dedicated to the Taoist god of the sea. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024 Democratic Heroes Occupying the 11th through 13th spots on the stock-market performance tally are three gods in the Democratic Party pantheon, Franklin D. Roosevelt (12.15%), Lyndon Johnson (11.23) and John Kennedy (9.82%). John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Those stars, our stars, spinning from dust and desire, hold our stories, ashes of our gods. Ansel Elkins, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2024 And because the baseball gods are awesome, the last batter of this game could only have been one man: Danny Jansen, who caught the first pitch of the game for one team and then made the last out of the same game for the other team. Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for god 
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  • You’re meant to start along the edges and proceed clockwise, passing the pictures of monks, deities, or patrons in their neat squares.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Oya is a deity of immense strength, commanding natural forces and guarding the gates between life and death.
    Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Hopefully, South Florida fans and citizens will take notice and will expect the very best in the future from our government officials and our sports heroes.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Marvel Rivals is crushing its first season launch with hundreds of thousands of concurrent players across console and PC, and players are getting to know Mr. Fantastic and The Invisible Woman as its two new heroes, with The Thing and Human Torch coming in a month and a half or so.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • So, this was my only exposure to my newfound, idol!
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Chilean-American actor starred as a Roman warrior Marcus Acacius opposite Paul Mescal — who portrayed Lucius Verus, the son of the original Gladiator's Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of villain Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who grows to view Maximus (Crowe) as an idol.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • Since getting her start on Friends, Jennifer Aniston has starred in movies and TV shows like Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, Horrible Bosses, and The Morning Show, just to name a few.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Chief Keef: Almighty So 2 The stopwatch started on rap’s postmodern era with Chief Keef’s Almighty So, released in late 2013—an obscure-sounding record misconstrued in its own time, whose intuitive style would inform just about every major rap trend in the decade to come.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024

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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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