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as in innocents
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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as in forerunners
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
looking forward to seeing those red-breasted angels of the spring—robins
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as in donors
one that helps another with gifts or money
over the years the industrialist frequently served as the symphony orchestra's anonymous angel
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Recent Examples of angels
Photos of him in frames with hearts and angels wings dotted the shelves.
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ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lyrics of their earlier tracks are dotted with images of angels and other elements of the divine.
—Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
Those of us who are worried about the morality of our fellow citizens won't restore this nation's better angels by holding on to our cynicism.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Our players are not angels either, of course.
—Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
That revelation led to, among other things, making both the angels and the workers be a big part of the conveyor belt dance.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
So maybe she was called on to teach the other angels, to educate, to inspire.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
But, surely the angels also ate angel biscuits—hot, split, and buttered.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Yet some angels stood against evil and took action, evidenced by survivors who were hidden by a few righteous people who cared about humanity.
—Barbara Byer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lyrics of their earlier tracks are dotted with images of angels and other elements of the divine.
—Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
Those of us who are worried about the morality of our fellow citizens won't restore this nation's better angels by holding on to our cynicism.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Our players are not angels either, of course.
—Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
That revelation led to, among other things, making both the angels and the workers be a big part of the conveyor belt dance.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
So maybe she was called on to teach the other angels, to educate, to inspire.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
But, surely the angels also ate angel biscuits—hot, split, and buttered.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Yet some angels stood against evil and took action, evidenced by survivors who were hidden by a few righteous people who cared about humanity.
—Barbara Byer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angels
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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In a key scene, the innocents jump back and forth between dinner parties playing out at the same time despite taking place on successive nights.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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These were the forerunners of today’s robots.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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And these projects may just be the forerunners.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Government reviews in recent years have also documented instances of improper queries involving Americans, including searches tied to protesters, political donors, journalists, and public officials.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Fried said Tuesday’s results were good for her party’s candidates in November, and could convince national political donors to spend money in Florida, which many have abandoned as the state has trended Republican.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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The farmer manages a male-only herd of sheep.—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Such engravings, which depict the wackily maximalist style à la mode, including oodles of feathers and furbelows, were, in essence, early precursors to modern fashion magazines.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Fixing Li-ion battery limits The method works under ambient conditions and relies on simple precursors.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Mar. 2026
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That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Shards of glass cut into my palms and shins, while the wind hurled sharp granules of ice into my face, harbingers of a storm that was already approaching from the west.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Eclipses are harbingers of change, often bringing intense shifts in perspective and catapulting us into new realities.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The gifts have come from individual donors and corporate benefactors such as JBL, which has provided speakers and equipment, as well as guitar makers Fender and Gibson, among others.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, these revenue-sharing numbers don’t include third-party NIL payments, which can provide a significant advantage to schools with a large alumni base — or with wealthy benefactors, which has been the case at Oregon (Phil Knight) and Indiana (Mark Cuban), for instance.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angels. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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