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Recent Examples of greek Fidelity to the text was a hallmark of his Milton and Shakespeare projects, but singing in Ancient Greek was a non-starter. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025 Lanthimos, director of Poor Things, The Favourite, The Lobster, and Kinds of Kindness, and a 5-time Oscar nominee, is the most famous and successful of the 158 Greek EFA members. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025 The center features a rare collection of artifacts and antiquities from Greek, Roman and Etruscan art. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Check out this lemony Greek chicken, spinach and potato stew. Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 In its center lies the ancient inscription written in Greek, a language that was widely used in the region at the time the monastery was constructed, particularly in religious and administrative contexts. Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 Origin: Amara has multiple origins, including Latin, Greek and Igbo. Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025 Then outstanding weekends from Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokić saw the Greek Freak’s odds go from +650 to +2000. Scott Phillips, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 The city also plans to redo parts of the Greek Theater to add an accessible entry (currently: concrete stairs) and install a memorial to the ADA activists known as the Gang of 19. John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
Noun
  • So the hocus-pocus of GPT halting on my name is a rare but conspicuous leaf on a much larger tree of model control.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • One of the important things Conclave does is to slowly peel back archaic layers to reveal what all the hocus-pocus represents in this day and age.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This weather phenomenon occurs when a wildfire or other source of intense heat causes hot air to spin and create a column of fire.
    Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • These fans draw cooler air in through slots on the front of this thin slab section and spit out hot air from identical slots in the barrel’s rear section.
    Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
  • Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Theo James and Theo James are getting into some serious monkey business.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But there was some monkey business during his very first scene that gave him pause.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Noun
  • The same law also bans price boosts for gas, transportation, food, emergency supplies, medical supplies and building supplies.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This core component contains a gas such as deuterium and tritium that is encased in chemical explosives.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • John Coltrane Eligible since: 1986 The Rock Hall last nominated a pure jazz artist when Miles Davis was inducted in 2006.
    Troy Smith, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz musician, had once served as King Zulu–in 1949.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • If humans can use emotional tomfoolery to prevail over AI, there is a certain kind of endearing fulfillment in doing so.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Aside from those two couple moments, Turner's post also included plenty of tomfoolery with friends and documented some of her travels — from skiing in January to an October trip to an ancient temple in Egypt.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Greek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greek. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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