apotheosis
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But she later enjoyed an apotheosis as the matriarch of the largest empire the world had ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Scripture does not record the birth date of Jesus Christ, and so early Christian scholars spent centuries wrangling over when to celebrate this most important apotheosis.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
Sunset Sound represents the apotheosis of the recording industry’s heyday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
In the Civil Rights Movement timeline, 1965 is often seen as the apotheosis, the crowning moment.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2023
He was no ordinary scholar, this man, but the apotheosis of scholars: the most famous personage in Zosma, save the queen and the hierarch, and the most popular, bar none.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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