Olympian

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Recent Examples of Olympian Softball The Pointers, who won the school’s first CIF San Diego Section softball title May 30 in Division II and entered the Southern California Regional Division III tournament as the No. 1 seed, shut out No. 4 Olympian 3-0 in the semifinals. Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 In season 33, Bersten will hit the dance floor with Olympian Ilona Maher. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 3 June 2025 Today, Sarah True is a two-time Olympian and professional athlete. Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 Fans hope to see the Olympian compete on all four events in Panama. Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Olympian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Olympian
Adjective
  • People always wanted more-more-more from Sly, based on the utopian promises of his songs.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
  • That all sounds very woolly and, in a way, utopian.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Our view of the Summer Triangle will become all the more spectacular on the nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24, at which time the bright ribbon of light from the Milky Way may be visible from dark sky areas, tumbling directly through the cosmic triangle.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 July 2025
  • The space telescope, which launched in 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, continues to provide data allowing scientists to make new cosmic discoveries.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Rubin Observatory will expand upon these previous galactic surveys, increasing the precision of the data and capturing billions more galaxies.
    Samantha Thompson, Space.com, 7 July 2025
  • The only thing better than sleeping under the stars is camping beneath the Milky Way’s glittery galactic center, and now is the best time to do that.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • There was a blissful calm in Terminal 7 at Los Angeles International Airport around 5 a.m. Wednesday, when travelers heading out of town early for the Fourth of July could drop off their bags quickly and get to their gate in short order.
    Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
  • My 80-minute recovery massage worked out the kinks and left me feeling blissful.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • After stealing the priest’s Bible and fabricating a letter to clear his name, Eli stands ominously over the dead body — an angelic glow bursting behind him.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • The title cut is a slow and low cruising anthem with angelic backing vocals.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Her hair is now short and white, her vibe eternally beatific.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Kyle: Going from a sudden shot of beatific Pedro Pascal at the end of the last episode to a semi-related flashback with a young Joel Miller and his brother was certainly a choice.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • And if these virtual recreations of stellar self-destruction are windows into the very distant past, then that might also mean our own waterlogged, paradisiacal world is just one in a considerably long line of oceanic planets.
    Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • James and Ceretti are seen in tiny white swimsuits and kissing on a raft, against a paradisiacal background.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 16 May 2025

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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