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To that end, the Spectacle encourages alienation and fragmentation: ‘the alpha and omega of the spectacle is separation.”

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

These two novels are the alpha and omega for a spy novelist.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2020

Having seen the alpha and omega of the series, I'm eager to see the gamma, delta, epsilon and phi, or whichever intermediate Greek letters you want to represent those four other episodes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2019

And there are some people on this bench that think that that is the alpha and omega of every constitutional question.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2018

This was the alpha and omega of our existence, and went unquestioned.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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