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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
Nye took the runway in a navy blue bomber jacket patterned with Greek gods and goddesses as well as a pair of black shorts that hit above the knee.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The Greek divinity Nemesis, rarely depicted in art, has no place in the Olympian pantheon of a dozen gods and goddesses.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Bringing goddesses back was very much a feminist protest.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Pat McGrath created moonbeams on the Grecian goddess faces of models at Schiaparelli.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The Greek divinity Nemesis, rarely depicted in art, has no place in the Olympian pantheon of a dozen gods and goddesses.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Bringing goddesses back was very much a feminist protest.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Pat McGrath created moonbeams on the Grecian goddess faces of models at Schiaparelli.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
Noun
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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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Ulta is the largest beauty retailer in the U.S., and this is considered the biggest exclusive hair launch in its history.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Trending Video How Central Park Was Created Entirely By Design and Not By Nature St. Barts is not the easiest place to get to—but the beauty is worth the schlep.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2025
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My Little Puny sparkles in a double role as the prince and the fairy godmother, but Tabitha is a scene-stealing vamping diva as the evil stepmother.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her last stroke of luck is to be adopted by the Snow Queen herself: Marion Cotillard, playing the most manipulative diva since Norma Desmond.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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The event will last until the cookies run out or the restaurant closes.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Chrome users are left with the irony of a simultaneous good move on tracking cookies and bad move on fingerprinting.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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