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the apotheosis of the picaresque novel
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Recent Examples of apotheosis
But even with no products, no makeup, an no extra zhuzh, Ross and Union are the apotheosis of melanin magic.
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Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Binet’s Porte was duly constructed late the following year and marked a kind of apotheosis of natural design incorporated within architecture.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The engine and chassis trace their roots back to the mid-1990s, steadily refined year after year until this apotheosis.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Their way to rock-and-roll sublimity, to headbanging apotheosis, is comprehensively barred.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.—
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In the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church, Theophany, which the holiday is often called in Eastern countries, celebrates the manifestation of Jesus’ divinity in addition to his baptism, according to The Catholic Witness.—
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So the Huskies in 2026 could be an East Coast incarnation of the Rockets.—
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Press clippings from the earlier incarnation of what was United Press International Wire Service in 1983 describe as many as 10,000 cars crowding the surrounding roads and intersections with onlookers eager to gander at the amazing displays and décor.—
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But, occasionally even the classics can use a little extra flavor to spice up a cold weeknight.—
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Now, Croft and Manheim step under the locks previously worn by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, who respectively voiced the parts in the original movie, now regarded as a modern classic and part of Disney Animation’s second renaissance.—
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Made of untreated cedar, the house has a 3-inch entrance hole and interior dimensions ideal for these larger birds.—
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The iCVD method supports scalable, continuous roll-to-roll processing, ideal for commercial-scale output.—
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And perfection was never my thing.—
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California has never been about perfection.—
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And with both genres still at the zenith of their popularity in Asia, why change a winning formula?—
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Then, pick a patch of sky 40 degrees away in the direction of your local zenith, which is the point directly above your head.—
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If similar inflow patterns are found in other inactive galaxies, red geysers could become a key model for understanding how galaxies across the universe grow old, and quietly stay that way.—
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That extraordinary footage, along with video shot by bystanders and a 3D model created by CNN of the confrontation, shows Good and her wife challenging ICE officers – but also raises new questions about Ross’s tactics and decision to use deadly force.—
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By 1998, when Lewis H. Lapham filed two reports on the WEF for this magazine, globalization and its political sister, Third Way politics, were at their acme.—
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The sentence on Cafe Kestrel’s menu is the battle cry of the heroic rabbit Bigwig, shouted in righteous rage at the leader of the enemy tribe of rabbits, at the acme of the story’s great climactic battle.—
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“Apotheosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosis. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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