1
as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
would like to think that her child is a perfect angel
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2
as in herald
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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3
as in donor
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 angel
This way, the angel would know that Jewish people lived there.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Before joining Sequoia in 2019, Buhler—who was also an angel investor in OpenSea and Viz.ai—was a principal at Meritech Capital.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Thank you dear Lord for my forever baby, my angel Aidan.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
From philanthropy to angel investing, wealthy women are using their money to do good and proving that financial power in the right hands changes everything.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Before joining Sequoia in 2019, Buhler—who was also an angel investor in OpenSea and Viz.ai—was a principal at Meritech Capital.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Thank you dear Lord for my forever baby, my angel Aidan.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
From philanthropy to angel investing, wealthy women are using their money to do good and proving that financial power in the right hands changes everything.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angel
Noun
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Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What kind of people approve of a government that extra-judicially kidnaps innocents and renders them into the hands of a foreign gulag—and then hides behind that government when ordered by an American court to bring them back?—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In some alternate realities, both Norrin Radd and Shalla-Bal have served as heralds of Galactus.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The authors of the Yale study sincerely see themselves as heralds of empirical science, whatever the political ramifications.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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In all, the disclosure filing showed contributions from more than 800 donors to the inaugural committee.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg Harvard University is turning to donors to help offset a federal funding freeze triggered by the school’s rebuke of demands by President Trump.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2025
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By opening her hogan to visitors, Yazzie hopes to introduce people to the Navajo lifestyle, which traditionally involves herding sheep, weaving rugs, growing crops, and silversmithing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, but one specific burial has the breastbone, a great bustard with cut marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, self-care can sometimes be a sign of confidence and longevity, rather than simply personal maintenance.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Talks are ongoing between the U.S. and teams from Kyiv and Moscow, but Washington threatened last week to quit negotiations if there was no imminent signs of compromise.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.—
Annika Bahnsen,
Orange County Register,
19 July 2024
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CSAs have often been precursors to broader agreements among countries.—
Ngaire Woods,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Many people at Saturday’s protest worried that the ruling could be the precursor to other judgments that diminish the rights of transgender people.—
Kwiyeon Ha and Pan Pylas,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, VistaVision was the forerunner of IMAX 65mm, with its horizontal orientation.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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The company plans to recreate the mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, by editing the genome of each species’ closest living relative to make a hybrid animal that would be visually indistinguishable from its extinct forerunner.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Angel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angel. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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