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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
She is known as one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era.
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as in beauty
an attractive woman
Like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess.
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Recent Examples of goddess
Treatment at the center includes equine therapy with real horses and sessions with AI therapy chatbot Guanyin, named after the Buddhist goddess of compassion.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
But this name is popular in Sweden as Saga is a goddess in Norse mythology.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The show is inspired by the myth of beautiful music goddess Marimba, who takes the form of Nadira in the show, played by Iman.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 June 2025
But Lijn’s mechanized drama is a resolutely feminist one, a face-off between two cyborgs who both conjure and complicate the archetypes of the nature goddess and the murderous woman.
—Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
But this name is popular in Sweden as Saga is a goddess in Norse mythology.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The show is inspired by the myth of beautiful music goddess Marimba, who takes the form of Nadira in the show, played by Iman.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 June 2025
But Lijn’s mechanized drama is a resolutely feminist one, a face-off between two cyborgs who both conjure and complicate the archetypes of the nature goddess and the murderous woman.
—Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
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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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There’s a rare beauty in waking up to the reddish-orange glow of the morning sun over lush vineyards after a good night’s sleep under a twinkling night sky.—
Rafael Peña,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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Condado Vanderbilt has ruled over the sands of Condado for more than a century, embodying all the elegance and beauty of a property that once welcomed the likes of the John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Ophelia Wolf | World Premiere | A type-A opera AD has 15 minutes to get a diva baritone on stage while navigating the backstage chaos of a live production.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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And what is Winnie but a great diva’s part—Beckett’s greatest?—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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