1
as in pacifist
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems
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2
as in angel
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of dove
Any downgrade to the BOE’s 2025 growth projections, or to its outlook for inflation to hit 2.7% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and ease to 2.2% across 2026, will be seen as support for the doves.
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
Spera said the animals included rabbits, chickens, a duck, a skunk, a dove and two cats.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
Transitioning from managing multi-million-dollar projects for top financial institutions like Bank of America and Citibank, Tish dove headfirst into the wine world.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
After news of Guerrero’s death broke on Sunday, makeup artist Scott Barnes posted an Instagram reel with a picture of his adorned with glowers and white doves.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
Spera said the animals included rabbits, chickens, a duck, a skunk, a dove and two cats.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
Transitioning from managing multi-million-dollar projects for top financial institutions like Bank of America and Citibank, Tish dove headfirst into the wine world.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
After news of Guerrero’s death broke on Sunday, makeup artist Scott Barnes posted an Instagram reel with a picture of his adorned with glowers and white doves.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
Noun
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The anti-expansionist response united pacifists, abolitionists and a variety of religious and literary figures, helping deepen the divides that would lead to the Civil War.—
G. Patrick O'Brien,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
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Gideon Rose: How does a female civilian British pacifist end up becoming the chief adviser to the US military in Iraq?—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Zoom in: Soma Capital, Afore Capital and other angel investors also participated in the round.—
Tim Baysinger,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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The move reunites Lin with Reeves, who became an angel investor in the filmmaker’s latest drama and return to indie roots, Last Days, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Manderley Farm is idyllic, with its picturesque rolling hills filled with sheep.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Alex's owner's TikTok channel is filled with sweet videos of baby lambs out in the fields, as well as older sheep and rams being shown at championships and shows.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to human rights organizations, most were denied due process, innocents including children were detained, and hundreds were tortured in jail and died.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.—
Jeff Robbins,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2024
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March may come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but in between there are a whole lot of arts events to enjoy.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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