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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era
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as in beauty
a lovely woman
like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess
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Recent Examples of goddess
Nearby are clifftop ruins of a temple honoring the Mayan goddess Ixchel—the goddess of happiness, fertility, healing and the moon.
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Johanna Read, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
As the poet Ovid tells us, each year during Cybele’s festival the galli would proceed through the streets of Rome carrying a statue of the goddess, while ululating wildly in time with the sound of wailing pipes, banging drums and crashing cymbals.
—Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Horizontal bands of silver and gold march in a rhythmic pattern down the right side of the goddess’ face, ornament that may represent the elaborate body tattoos popular among Thracians.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
In the play, the goddess Athena swoops into Athens to see what’s got everyone so riled up.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Feb. 2025
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Johanna Read, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
As the poet Ovid tells us, each year during Cybele’s festival the galli would proceed through the streets of Rome carrying a statue of the goddess, while ululating wildly in time with the sound of wailing pipes, banging drums and crashing cymbals.
—Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Horizontal bands of silver and gold march in a rhythmic pattern down the right side of the goddess’ face, ornament that may represent the elaborate body tattoos popular among Thracians.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
In the play, the goddess Athena swoops into Athens to see what’s got everyone so riled up.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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There’s no indication of what the story might focus on, but the beauty of Zelda is that, for the most part, each game tells its own story separate from a hard continuity.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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As the semi-permanent beauty segment continues expanding, with similar concepts emerging in hair color, nail art, and makeup, INKED by Dani shows how zeroing in on one thing — and doing it well — can build a solid business when paired with continuous innovation and authentic artistic vision.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There should be an entire new The Good Wife spinoff dedicated to Dina slicing down defensive divas.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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Friends told me to brace myself for the petulant movie star, the diva.—
Devan Díaz,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Fortunately, advanced modeling techniques are finally solving these challenges without relying on user-tracking technologies like pixels and cookies.—
Cody Greco,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Natural colors can be sensitive to heat, light, oxygen and changes in pH. Pigments extracted from berries, cabbage, and red radishes, for instance, may register as a purply-blue when used in a neutral-pH cookie dough but change to a pastel pink when added to an acidic lemonade.—
Ali Bouzari,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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