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as in innocents
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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as in forerunners
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
looking forward to seeing those red-breasted angels of the spring—robins
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as in donors
one that helps another with gifts or money
over the years the industrialist frequently served as the symphony orchestra's anonymous angel
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Recent Examples of angels
And the sensual images these verses bring to mind—nightingales and angels and silks—make this collection ideal for evenings beside the hearth.
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The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
The story of a guiding star, a host of angels and a virgin birth?
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Clarebout, who died in 1982 at age 74, created 12 angels, each requiring 75 lbs.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Angel - Hark, the herald angels sing!
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
But Yuletide, guys, will not abide that; Better angels override that.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
According to Heuisler, after 21 years in barrels the whiskey stood at about 110 proof, and only about a quarter of the liquid actually remained after decades of the angels drinking their share.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
Reeves gives life to John Constantine, a chain-smoking cynic with the ability to perceive the true visage of half-angels and half-demons.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angels
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The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.—
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Her investigation considers the history of several doomed innocents, beginning with Lana Clarkson, a B-movie queen who was brutally murdered and subsequently conscripted to the annals of true crime.—
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The primacy of a central meeting space can be traced to the Greek Empire with the agora, among other forerunners.—
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Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.—
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Nearly 35,000 donors had contributed, with one giving $50,000.—
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Just weeks after the fun ended, Mosley must convince boosters, donors and fans that 2025 doesn’t have to be a one-off.—
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Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.—
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Four-legged robots have similarly learned to effortlessly navigate rugged landscapes and even herd sheep.—
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Those materials include sodium perchlorate, ammonium perchlorate precursors and nitrocellulose, all key components in solid-fuel rocket motors.—
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But as the precursors have rolled in, co-star Benicio Del Toro — playing a character the audience loves and roots for — has swept nearly every major critics group.—
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Eclipses are harbingers of change, often bringing intense shifts in perspective and catapulting us into new realities.—
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Few harbingers are more promising than the Swedish singer and producer Robyn.—
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The decisions and forces that affect society, that dictate the livelihoods and well-being of its citizens, are at the mercy of the market, and the now frighteningly transparent ways that the market serves and benefits its dutiful governmental benefactors.—
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Despite the clear intent of the voters, California courts have sided with the government and its special interest benefactors by creating loopholes that significantly weakened these protections.—
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One wonders if Christ, who stormed the temple shouting that the Lord demands mercy, not sacrifice, freeing lambs and goats meant for ritual slaughter, would cheer bruin thrill killing.—
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Alpha-gal is a sugar molecule found in mammals like cows, pigs and lambs.—
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“Angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angels. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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