alpha and omega

Example Sentences

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Second, insisting that Dr. Seuss books are the alpha and omega of children’s literature shows a tiresome lack of imagination.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

They are rich with lasting insight and reasonably can be read as the alpha and omega of Trump coverage.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2020

That was business: the first and the last, the alpha and omega.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2020

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

The screen responded as quickly as thought itself, and out of the welter of lines and flashes a series of pictures formed with perfect clarity: compasses, alpha and omega again, lightning, angel.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman