1
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
the almighty shock that we got when we received the bill
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2
as in sovereign
having unlimited power or authority
when we are young, we want our parents to be almighty and to be able to make everything right when something goes wrong
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as in damn
to a great degree
that's an almighty large pumpkin you've grown there
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as in God
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
the missionaries gave thanks to the Almighty for their miraculous deliverance from death
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Recent Examples of almighty
Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2016
Recent, attention-grabbing generations of AI—even the almighty ChatGPT—were not built to handle mathematical reasoning.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
God almighty, coming from a council house in North London, my god.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 June 2022
Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The monkeys also appeared in Bruce Almighty, 30 Rock, and sitcom The Loop, among other things.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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Should that happen, the Christians would get their strong president, the Sunnis would welcome the homecoming of their prime minister, and the Shiites would still have the house speakership, not to mention of course the almighty Hezbollah, the most potent political-military force in the country.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2016
Recent, attention-grabbing generations of AI—even the almighty ChatGPT—were not built to handle mathematical reasoning.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Adverb
Oh, my God, almighty.
—Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
God almighty, coming from a council house in North London, my god.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 June 2022
Noun
England did not grant it to the U.S. Sovereignty is under God Almighty.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The monkeys also appeared in Bruce Almighty, 30 Rock, and sitcom The Loop, among other things.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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The foreign sovereign debt is now one of Latin America’s largest, at more than four hundred billion dollars.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The yield on the country’s 10-year sovereign bond quickly sank to 6.74% after the release, from around 6.8%.Lim Hui Jie,Matt Clinch, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s transition team received briefings on the Lebanon ceasefire deal, which follows nearly 14 months of intensive rocket fire, airstrikes and an Israeli ground invasion into southern Lebanon.Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 30 Nov. 2024
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The intensive public battle didn’t start until 1989, when Senna passed Prost at Imola during a restart, breaking what Prost believed to be a gentleman’s agreement.Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
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The room got quiet and sad—omnipotent AI was a horse of a different color.Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Oli Kay has touched on this today: the dying light of the days when a club’s manager was omnipotent.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bridging the hoedown and the ballroom, Beyoncé alternates between angelic croons and fierce commands over a thumping bassline and a springy acoustic guitar.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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With his reputation and legacy on the line, Jay-Z is in for a fierce fight.Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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For example, social media platforms may seem all-powerful today.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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That’s an acceptable ending for our all-powerful Montana Livestock Commissioner?Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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Still, if the risks of loss of secret data may be extremely destructive (like the military), not linking your network to the Internet might work better for you.Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Best of all, these function as true slip-ons and are extremely easy to slide on or off without using your hands.Samson McDougall, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Almighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almighty. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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