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apotheosis

[uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis] / əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ sɪs, ˌæp əˈθi ə sɪs /


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The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Which brings me to what I believe is the modern apotheosis of the genre.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

This revisionist history reached its apotheosis with a 2007 essay collection edited by the historians Kenneth T. Jackson and Hilary Ballon.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

But there’s a more fascinating aspect to Ramaswamy’s sudden apotheosis in the political firmament.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Once the apotheosis of suburban constancy, Levittown is now an example of those same suburbs coming apart at the seams.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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