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1
as in beatific
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as in cherubic
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Recent Examples of angelic
In Waves takes audiophiles through angelic soundscapes, club-ready tracks, joyful beats, driving bass, hypnotic toplines and more.
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Even the actors got in on the night's theme, with Depp wearing angelic silver gown while the rest of the cast wearing all black or dark brown.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
The Pink Bear plays a supporting role in the portraits, representing some sort of angelic guardian figure, and the portraits ignite a conversation about mental health.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Bridging the hoedown and the ballroom, Beyoncé alternates between angelic croons and fierce commands over a thumping bassline and a springy acoustic guitar.
—Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Even the actors got in on the night's theme, with Depp wearing angelic silver gown while the rest of the cast wearing all black or dark brown.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
The Pink Bear plays a supporting role in the portraits, representing some sort of angelic guardian figure, and the portraits ignite a conversation about mental health.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Bridging the hoedown and the ballroom, Beyoncé alternates between angelic croons and fierce commands over a thumping bassline and a springy acoustic guitar.
—Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
Adjective
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The various characters who arrived out of the city’s nooks and crannies late in the performance’s run were the flip side of the beatific images of ordinary people in tears.—
John Ganz,
Harper's Magazine,
14 Mar. 2010
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Some — such as Thomas Hauser — have felt that Ali’s circle tried too hard to soften the boxer’s once-firebrand image and transform him into a beatific, near-saintly epitome.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But that blissful image has been ruptured in recent days as parts of Los Angeles were engulfed in flames, reducing homes and businesses across the sprawling metropolis to smoldering heaps of ash and rubble, most calamitously in the Pacific Palisades and the community of Altadena.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Guests can enjoy cuddling by the fire, reading great books together, settling in for blissful relaxation, or enjoying many of the amenities at these three coastal resorts.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.—
Alex Galbraith,
EW.com,
24 Sep. 2024
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Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Boston: Image Image When much of downtown Boston burned a year after Chicago, property owners upgraded in a kind of virtuous cycle, erecting sounder and taller buildings and incentivizing their neighbors to do the same.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Other countries will be forced to follow suit and hence create a price action virtuous cycle.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yet those gains 20 years ago were driven by two primary factors: the presence of Bush, who grew increasingly unpopular amid the Iraq war, and the rise of a transcendent political talent.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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And the blend of big acting, ambitious sets, and poignant plots helped this show become something truly transcendent.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Its origins lie in one of the country’s most pivotal reckonings: The effort to redress the legal and moral horrors of chattel slavery.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His first two tasks of the day: 20 minutes of transcendental meditation ... followed by four shots of espresso.—
Axios,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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In addition to his hobbies of painting and photography, Lynch was also a big figure in the world of transcendental meditation, introducing other celebrities to the practice and establishing the David Lynch Foundation in 2005 to promote it.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The name itself doesn’t tell you a whole lot, invoking something broad – the celestial sky, or the cosmologies that we humans tell ourselves to explain the origins of everything.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Now, a non-fictional Space Bus named Pandora is ready to investigate celestial mysteries, like exoplanets that orbit small stars.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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