the gods

plural noun

British

: the highest and cheapest seats in a theater

The people in the gods can be the hardest to please.

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Some fans see them as a literal symbol — of everything from the gods of Ancient Greece to the devil — but the obsession over understanding the goats living (and dying?) somewhere underneath Lumon HQ has far surpassed their actual screentime in the series. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025 This explains, if it is granted that the gods ordained some sort of greatness for the play, the nakedness of its verbal intensity. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025 The highest peak is Mount Olympus and is where the Greeks believed was home to the gods. —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025 Belize is home to hundreds of caverns where Mayan priests once held rituals to petition the gods for rain or a successful harvest. —

Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the gods