Olympian

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Recent Examples of Olympian Another guest affected by cancer was Olympian Sir Chris Hoy, who Princess Kate was seen having a one-on-one chat with. Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 Famed Olympian and media personality Caitlyn Jenner has teased running to fill the vacancy, while Politico reported Vice President Kamala Harris also has her eye on it. Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024 Wedding, the Olympian snowboarder, went from navigating slopes to contouring a life of incessant crimes. Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Noah Lyles announced an engagement to fellow Olympian track and field medalist Junelle Bromfield. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Olympian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Olympian
Adjective
  • There would be adverts for iPhones that were utopian with interesting-looking people smiling holding these shiny devices.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But Scott also looked at German scientific forestry; collective farming in the Soviet Union and Tanzania; utopian city planning in Chandigarh, India, and in Brasília; and Vladimir Lenin’s theories about the formation of revolutionary parties.
    Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • However, if all goes to plan, PUNCH's future cosmic images won't have any stars at all — or any zodiacal light, for that matter.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In this new iteration, Garner assumes the role and features prominently in the trailer, heralding the arrival of the cosmic entity Galactus, voiced by Ralph Ineson.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The film collected another $17 million internationally for a galactic $42 million global tally over the weekend.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reveal evidence of highly ionized neon gas, which could be a telltale sign of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the bright, compact central portion of a galaxy.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Angarano stars as Rickey, an energetic and free-spirited young man with a Peter Pan complex who convinces his longtime friend Glenn to hit pause on his blissful domestic life and embark on an impromptu road trip across California.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But their blissful moment is interrupted when a door opens and a young man emerges from one of the adjacent rooms.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Caviar lip liner defined her glazed angelic lips, while lashes and a dark waterline enhanced her smokey copper eyeshadow.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The singer, 43, looked angelic at a recent launch party for her haircare line Cécred's introduction into over 1,400 Ulta Beauty stores nationwide and online.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And looked in my direction with beatific warmth.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
  • That sincere belief in the serenity of golfing is affirmed by the beatific animation.
    Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Pope Francis repeatedly pressed forward his sacred quest to annihilate atomic weapons, and to restore the paradisiacal era imagined in Genesis, before humans invented arms.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Her argument is often contradictory and impulsive, working backward from a paradisiacal climax, leapfrogging over almost every practical concern—and plenty of ethical ones too.
    Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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