dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/god_MW.json
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{
"God":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person or thing of supreme value":[
"had photos of baseball's gods pinned to his bedroom wall"
],
": a powerful ruler":[
"Hollywood gods that control our movies' fates"
],
": the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe":[
"Throughout the patristic and medieval periods, Christian theologians taught that God created the universe \u2026",
"\u2014 Jame Schaefer",
"\u2026 the Supreme Being or God , the personal form of the Ultimate Reality, is conceived by Hindus as having various aspects.",
"\u2014 Sunita Pant Bansal"
],
": the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind":[],
": the supreme or ultimate reality: such as":[],
": to treat as a god : idolize , deify":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Does she believe in God ",
"I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident.",
"the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt",
"a myth about the god of war",
"an offering for the gods",
"a professor who was regarded as a kind of god",
"a guitar god like Jimi Hendrix",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Momentarily letting their guard down, Swift and Alwyn engaged in some honest-to- god PDA while Ed Sheeran performed at iHeartRadio\u2019s Jingle Bell Ball in New York City. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 Oct. 2019",
"In the comics, Marc Spector, a mercenary, awakens after a near-death experience and is placed next to a statue of the Egyptian god of the moon, Khonshu. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Kavachi, named for a sea god of the Gatokae and Vangunu peoples, is approximately 15 miles south of Vangunu Island. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Khnum was the Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and represented as a man with a ram\u2019s head. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Named after a sea god of the Indigenous Gatokae and Vangunu people, Kavachi is located about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, part of the Solomon Islands east of Papua New Guinea. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The asteroid would come to be called Apophis, after the Egyptian god of destruction. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
"Already on Mars are NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover, which landed in Feb. 2021, and China\u2019s first Mars rover, Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the only one named after the Greek god of the sky (Uranus was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German got god":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8g\u022fd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deity",
"divinity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204136",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"God knows":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074824",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"God's acre":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": churchyard":[]
},
"examples":[
"was laid in rest in God's acre , with a comforting view of the river he loved so much"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boneyard",
"cemetery",
"graveyard",
"memorial park",
"necropolis",
"potter's field"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003049",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"God's country":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place conceived of as especially favored by God: such as":[],
": an area of civilization (as a city) away from the frontier":[
"music heard long before \u2026 in God's country in the East",
"\u2014 Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican"
],
": one's native or home state or region":[
"boosters go so much to the other extreme, talking about God's country",
"\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1709, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125231",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"God-fearer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a devoutly religious person":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1668, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073133",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"God-fearing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having a reverent feeling toward God : devout":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccfir-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174118",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"God-given":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": received as a gift from God : natural":[
"a God-given talent",
"God-given rights"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1642, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02c8gi-v\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031146",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"God/heaven forbid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060531",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"Godfrey of Bouillon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"circa 1060\u20131100 French crusader":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-fr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041317",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Godful":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": divine , awe-inspiring":[
"endless inspiring Godful beauty",
"\u2014 John Muir \u20201914"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173412",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Godhead":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": divine nature or essence":[],
": god sense 1":[],
": the nature of God especially as existing in three persons":[
"\u2014 used with the"
]
},
"examples":[
"in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly",
"most Christians believe that there are three separate persons\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014that make up the Godhead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The go-to collaborator of some of hip-hop's brainiest underground heroes (Freddie Gibbs, late greats MF Doom and J Dilla), Jackson has shaped his latest standalone LP with the help of another studio godhead , Four Tet. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 23 June 2021",
"Then, after two weeks of impassioned social media debate, \u201970s movie godhead Francis Ford Coppola waded into the fray. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Christianity also shares a certain kind of internal division with Hinduism, over whether and in what ways the godhead is unitary or multiple. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
"If his supporters managed to ignore the white working-class godhead Bruce Springsteen, who has any hope of reaching them",
"Scattered throughout the new expansion are artworks by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone and art-furniture godhead Wendell Castle. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald , 21 Dec. 2017",
"This answer is pantheist, animist, with self and godhead as terminals on a vital circuit. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Emerson had prodded Thoreau to look through nature\u2014not at it\u2014in order to perceive the godhead . \u2014 Longreads , 13 July 2017",
"Paul Thomas Anderson has not lost a single golden fleck of godhead status or critical stature, even if things have gotten a little poky at the box office. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English godhed , from god + -hed -hood; akin to Middle English -hod -hood":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deity",
"divinity",
"godhood"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164403",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Godiva":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an English earl's wife who in legend rode naked through Coventry to save its citizens from a tax":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111044",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Godspeed":{
"antonyms":[
"hello"
],
"definitions":{
": a prosperous journey : success":[
"bade him Godspeed"
]
},
"examples":[
"a hearty Godspeed was extended to all the departing troops"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English god speid , from the phrase God spede you God prosper you":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02c8sp\u0113d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adieu",
"au revoir",
"ave",
"bon voyage",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054353",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"god":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person or thing of supreme value":[
"had photos of baseball's gods pinned to his bedroom wall"
],
": a powerful ruler":[
"Hollywood gods that control our movies' fates"
],
": the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe":[
"Throughout the patristic and medieval periods, Christian theologians taught that God created the universe \u2026",
"\u2014 Jame Schaefer",
"\u2026 the Supreme Being or God , the personal form of the Ultimate Reality, is conceived by Hindus as having various aspects.",
"\u2014 Sunita Pant Bansal"
],
": the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind":[],
": the supreme or ultimate reality: such as":[],
": to treat as a god : idolize , deify":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Does she believe in God ",
"I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident.",
"the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt",
"a myth about the god of war",
"an offering for the gods",
"a professor who was regarded as a kind of god",
"a guitar god like Jimi Hendrix",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Momentarily letting their guard down, Swift and Alwyn engaged in some honest-to- god PDA while Ed Sheeran performed at iHeartRadio\u2019s Jingle Bell Ball in New York City. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 Oct. 2019",
"In the comics, Marc Spector, a mercenary, awakens after a near-death experience and is placed next to a statue of the Egyptian god of the moon, Khonshu. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Kavachi, named for a sea god of the Gatokae and Vangunu peoples, is approximately 15 miles south of Vangunu Island. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Khnum was the Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and represented as a man with a ram\u2019s head. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Named after a sea god of the Indigenous Gatokae and Vangunu people, Kavachi is located about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, part of the Solomon Islands east of Papua New Guinea. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The asteroid would come to be called Apophis, after the Egyptian god of destruction. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
"Already on Mars are NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover, which landed in Feb. 2021, and China\u2019s first Mars rover, Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the only one named after the Greek god of the sky (Uranus was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German got god":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8g\u022fd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deity",
"divinity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031223",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"god-king":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a human ruler believed to be a god or to possess godlike powers or qualities":[
"the absolutist god-kings of Asia Minor and Egypt",
"\u2014 Weston La Barre"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"goddess":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a female god":[],
": a woman whose great charm or beauty arouses adoration":[]
},
"examples":[
"a goddess of ancient Greece",
"The actress, who is already a goddess in her own country, is finally getting recognition here.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this historic temple, Buddhists learn the teachings of Buddha from a humanoid, the robotic embodiment of the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kannon. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"It was modeled on the Parthenon, the Greek temple to the goddess Athena. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Epic poems like Hesiod\u2019s Theogony, the Odyssey and the Iliad all begin with some sort of invocation to a goddess or muse. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"Annabeth is a true daughter of the Greek goddess , Athena. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"The Met and Vogue magazine collaborated on a tribute to RihRih in which her recent pregnant Vogue cover was transformed into a towering statue paying tribute to the Greek goddess of peace. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"Top image: An inscription detailing offerings of money, wine, castor oil, wheat and barley made to the goddess Repit. \u2014 CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Hawaiians often refer to the goddess as Tutu \u2014 grandmother \u2014 as a sign of fondness and respect. \u2014 Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"And still others were recreations of untransportable altars \u2014 like the sand altars to the goddess of the sea on beaches at Rio de Janeiro \u2014 reconstructed as dioramas by the museum\u2019s design team. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8g\u022f-",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-d\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"diva",
"princess",
"queen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112357",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"godfather":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a man who sponsors a person at baptism":[],
": one having a relation to someone or something analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild: such as":[],
": one that founds, supports, or inspires":[
"made him the godfather of a whole generation of rebels",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": the leader of an organized crime syndicate":[],
": to act as godfather to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Her uncle is her godfather .",
"Many people regard him as the godfather of rock and roll.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her dad introduced her to stars of the gelato world, including Luca Caviezel, widely considered to be the godfather of modern gelato. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The elder singer is even the godfather of Jackson\u2019s son, born in April. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"Bobrovsky is the godfather of the modern Russian goalie, having won the Vezina twice, in 2013 and 2017, both times with the Columbus Blue Jackets. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The late jazz musician is considered to be the godfather of Afrofuturism. \u2014 al , 21 May 2022",
"Not only was his father a big fan who passed along the blue-and-red fandom but his godfather was an executive at the Chicago Tribune, which owned the team at the time. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Legendary artist Black Coffee, who is considered the godfather of South African house music, drops his 12-track sophomore album, Subconsciously. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Her godfather was the composer Igor Stravinsky, and her young life was surrounded by bohemian friends of her parents. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
"In the director\u2019s chair is Sam Raimi, whom many consider to be the godfather of superhero cinema. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even the beginning is a little iffy: Where does godfather Drosselmeyer come from",
"The sons also took Murdaugh\u2019s advice to hire attorney Cory Fleming to be executor of their mother\u2019s estate without telling them Fleming was a longtime friend, old college roommate and godfather to at least one of Murdaugh\u2019s sons. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The sons also took Murdaugh\u2019s advice to hire attorney Cory Fleming to be executor of their mother\u2019s estate without telling them Fleming was a longtime friend, old college roommate and godfather to at least one of Murdaugh\u2019s sons. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Hawkins, godfather to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, took teammates to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum whenever in Kansas City, decades before MLB officially recognized the leagues. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Now Leroy could be dad first and coach second, while Lewis could be coach first and godfather second. \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Hosted by Sean, 44, the two-part documentary about his dad \u2014 who was tragically murdered outside his New York City apartment on Dec.8, 1980 \u2014 also features memories from his elder brother, Julian Lennon, and godfather Elton John. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2020",
"The new generation of progressives in the city, godfathered by Garcia, and represented in the March elections by Alma Anaya, Aaron Ortiz, and Beatriz Frausto, is a force to be reckoned with within the party. \u2014 Jacqueline Serrato, chicagotribune.com , 25 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccf\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"also \u02c8g\u022fd-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105854",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"godforsaken":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"definitions":{
": neglected and miserable in appearance or circumstances":[],
": remote , desolate":[]
},
"examples":[
"Who would want to visit such a godforsaken place",
"grew up in the kind of godforsaken town in which everyone drank in order to forget that they were there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s a mode of have-it-all eclecticism that is frequently redolent of the wishful artists\u2019 statements that art schools require their students to write\u2014a godforsaken prose genre that is, at best, wholesomely cynical. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Erin and their two young children are none too happy about idling while awaiting repairs at a godforsaken motel in the middle of nowhere with an empty pool and the only place to eat a dismal Subway restaurant. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Ballylough, a godforsaken spot of near-perpetual rain. \u2014 Alissa Simon, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
"From his youth at boarding school in Brienne-le-Ch\u00e2teau to his final months on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte was an avid gardener who sought to create order and beauty in the natural world. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Soon, that godforsaken beach will be a distant memory! \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 21 May 2021",
"She's seen at last, but in a godforsaken way, an object of ridicule, forever on the internet. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 18 Aug. 2020",
"In Milwaukee broadly and 53206 specifically, the task of racecraft is made easier, with black people relegated, both formally and informally, to certain areas that are considered godforsaken slums. \u2014 Caleb Gayle, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2019",
"The father of three adult children lives in El Sobrante and sets his alarm for the godforsaken time of 2:50 a.m. each morning. \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 3 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-f\u0259r-\u02ccs\u0101-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095224",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"godhead":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": divine nature or essence":[],
": god sense 1":[],
": the nature of God especially as existing in three persons":[
"\u2014 used with the"
]
},
"examples":[
"in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly",
"most Christians believe that there are three separate persons\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014that make up the Godhead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The go-to collaborator of some of hip-hop's brainiest underground heroes (Freddie Gibbs, late greats MF Doom and J Dilla), Jackson has shaped his latest standalone LP with the help of another studio godhead , Four Tet. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 23 June 2021",
"Then, after two weeks of impassioned social media debate, \u201970s movie godhead Francis Ford Coppola waded into the fray. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Christianity also shares a certain kind of internal division with Hinduism, over whether and in what ways the godhead is unitary or multiple. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
"If his supporters managed to ignore the white working-class godhead Bruce Springsteen, who has any hope of reaching them",
"Scattered throughout the new expansion are artworks by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone and art-furniture godhead Wendell Castle. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald , 21 Dec. 2017",
"This answer is pantheist, animist, with self and godhead as terminals on a vital circuit. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Emerson had prodded Thoreau to look through nature\u2014not at it\u2014in order to perceive the godhead . \u2014 Longreads , 13 July 2017",
"Paul Thomas Anderson has not lost a single golden fleck of godhead status or critical stature, even if things have gotten a little poky at the box office. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017"
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"In the piece French specifically references Chris Pratt, an evangelical Christian cruelly consigned by godless Hollywood progressives to that obscure backwater of the film industry, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"The cult of personality surrounding Musk, coupled with the nature of Starlink\u2019s high-flying operations, cast the SpaceX CEO as an almost godlike figure\u2014our great internet savior, making Wi-Fi rain down from the sky. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Editing his films frame by frame, and zooming in to amplify a shade of cantaloupe to give it the ideal tone; getting down on one knee, impeccably mannered, to ask Stella McCartney to be his son\u2019s godparent . \u2014 Ashley Simpson, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Nicholas Galitzine is the suave but modern Prince Robert, and Billy Porter plays the film\u2019s fairy godparent . \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"And this time Billy Porter is working his magic as her fairy godparent . \u2014 Christopher Ros, Glamour , 12 Aug. 2021",
"In her retelling of the classic fairytale about an orphan who longs to meet her prince charming, Billy Porter is portraying Cinderella\u2019s fairy godparent and Idina Menzel is playing her evil stepmother. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, chicagotribune.com , 6 May 2021",
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"Jamaal Weathersby, the pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in New Orleans and a godparent to Jaquan, said Jaquan routinely brought his report card to show Weathersby his grades. \u2014 Rebecca Santana, Star Tribune , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Along with Camila playing the titular role, Idina Menzel will be playing her evil stepmother and Billy Porter is the Fab G, her fairy godparent . \u2014 Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen , 28 Sep. 2020"
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"And of course, every solid skincare routine should include vitamin C for brightening benefits, and the Obagi Medical Professional C Serum 20%, Vitamin C Facial Serum is a godsend for anyone with normal to oily skin types. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"My other label has been a godsend after 17 years on that type of major label. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 12 Feb. 2022",
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