alpha and omega
Example Sentences
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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
That was business: the first and the last, the alpha and omega.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 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
This was the alpha and omega of our existence, and went unquestioned.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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