daimon

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Recent Examples of daimon Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a deity (remember that the Greek gods were notoriously jealous and greedy), but demotic, from the Greek word demos, meaning the people — the same root as democratic. Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
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Noun
  • The round also saw participation from firms Point Nine and Air Street Capital and angel investors like Mehdi Ghissassi, formerly of Google DeepMind; Rubin Ritter, formerly of Zalando and others.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
  • According to Trump, Zelensky is not 'an angel' and would fail preventing this war from happening.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The series followed the 2,000-year-old genie Jeannie, played by Barbara Eden, who is discovered on a deserted island in the South Pacific by astronaut Major Anthony Nelson, played by Larry Hagman.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • At the initial stages, when the six-time All-Star expressed his discontent and the Heat responded with the initial suspension, there was talk between the parties about how to get the genie back in the bottle.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Agatha is also being pursued by her ex, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), a powerful green witch, as well as the Salem Seven, vengeful wraiths of Agatha's first coven.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Many slide hopelessly back into lives as nearly invisible wraiths, measured in the intervals between fixes — and arrests.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.
    Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Noun
  • On Friday, a team of researchers argued that the fish was a phantom all along.
    Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight will never be mistaken for the phantom of the opera.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But before Guillermo leaves for good, Nandor offers him a seat in his coffin, which unexpectedly is revealed to be the secret entrance to the underground crime-fighting lair much to the former familiar's delight and surprise.
    Stacy Lambe, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The roaming vampire was hanging out in front of the movie theater with his human familiars, all fully armed and ready to throw down for their undead master.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • The spirit of pop from all three cities has made its way into its DNA.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Nordic sweaters were everywhere over the first festival weekend, as patrons got into the spirit of things.
    David Allen Jenn Ackerman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Michigan specter will return next November, and every year until Day vanquishes that one in particular.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In Putin’s current calculus, the specter of a sovereign, self-reliant Ukraine poses a far graver threat to Russia than the more distant prospect of economic degradation.
    Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Daimon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daimon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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