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Recent Examples of messianic
In the context of Herbert’s Dune, the multi-millennia-long conspiracy in human engineering necessary to yield a messianic hero of startling apocalyptic power sounds supercool, giving Paul a Chosen One stature of virtually unparalleled magnitude.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Many of those supporters subscribe to the messianic belief that Schneerson is still alive.
—Jake Offenhartz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
The complex is set to become an even more incendiary flashpoint: a growing far-right messianic movement, once on the fringes, is making its way into the mainstream with the aim of establishing a Jewish monopoly over the entire compound, conducting animal sacrifices there, and rebuilding the temple.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Second Temple era ended after the Zealots took over with messianic visions and almost destroyed the Jewish people, almost destroyed the Jewish religion, which had to then reinvent itself.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Many of those supporters subscribe to the messianic belief that Schneerson is still alive.
—Jake Offenhartz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
The complex is set to become an even more incendiary flashpoint: a growing far-right messianic movement, once on the fringes, is making its way into the mainstream with the aim of establishing a Jewish monopoly over the entire compound, conducting animal sacrifices there, and rebuilding the temple.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Second Temple era ended after the Zealots took over with messianic visions and almost destroyed the Jewish people, almost destroyed the Jewish religion, which had to then reinvent itself.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
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The body of evidence raised questions about what might happen if a very zealous person took regular baths in a readily available antimicrobial soap.Keren Landman, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Jun-ho infiltrates the facility and discovers the Front Man is his brother In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), a former winner of the games and now its most zealous convert.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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For instance, unused network segments can be powered down temporarily to save energy, a task that would be impractical to manage manually across thousands of network sites.Robert Backhouse, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Experts dismiss an analogous design for the U.S. as impractical—Israel's defenses are vastly different to the U.S. for several reasons, not least the size of the country and who is doing the targeting.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Even worse, the state has set an unrealistic deadline of April 1 for when PPL must take over statewide services.Lolli Edinger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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The book also explores the pressures of beauty standards, the complexities of womanhood, and the emotional toll of living in a society that often forces women to fit into a narrow, unrealistic mold.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The film revisits Puerto Rico’s utopian moment through the lens of rural filmmaking in the 1950s and 60s.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lobo is an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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The paintings are far from sentimental keepsakes and instead often tell stories of similar loss and tragedy experienced by others, including the children depicted, who sometimes died young, or went on to live troubled lives.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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