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as in be-all and end-all
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as in center
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Recent Examples of alpha and omega
The mosaic also depicts alpha and omega, the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet — when paired, they’re used as a Christian symbol.
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Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
The hosts have been funneling through their alpha and omega of SGA and Jalen Williams.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
At the base of the rotunda, serving as an alpha and omega, is Arthur Jafa’s 2016 video Love is the message, the message is Death.
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Mark Guiducci,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
The hosts have been funneling through their alpha and omega of SGA and Jalen Williams.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
At the base of the rotunda, serving as an alpha and omega, is Arthur Jafa’s 2016 video Love is the message, the message is Death.
—
Mark Guiducci,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alpha and omega
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Don’t let one path be your be-all and end-all.
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
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The ruling did not address whether there was enough cause to remove Cook, based on the fraud allegations brought forth by the administration.
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Exertional heat stroke requires immediate medical attention and is the third leading cause of death in athletes.
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Bone marrow produces red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body; white blood cells, which help fight infection; and platelets, which are essential for blood clotting.
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Before that, the hominin diet was characterized by breadth — tubers, seeds, fruits, insects, meat, marrow — shifting with seasons, geography and opportunity.
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Nevertheless, causality remains generally intact even at nature’s extremes.
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The article carefully points out that this study demonstrates association, not causality.
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The core party at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will feature performances by acts including the Smashing Pumpkins, Maren Morris and Anthony Ramos, according to the America 250 website.
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The most severe risk is heat stroke, which occurs when the body's cooling mechanism fails entirely, potentially driving core body temperatures to 103 degrees Fahrenheit or higher within minutes.
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For years, product adoption raced ahead while Congress debated causation and passed no meaningful national protections for children.
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The executives who absorbed the Freakonomics ethos learned to separate correlation from causation and to entertain alternative explanations before settling on the most convenient one.
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Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
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Lauryn enjoyed the performance from her seat, singing along and cooling herself off with an electronic fan.
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“Alpha and omega.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpha%20and%20omega. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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