alpha and omega

NOUN

first and last

Synonyms

WEAK

A to Z be-all and end-all beginning and end entirety totality whole

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020

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

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2020

Those who find superheroes the alpha and omega of comics date the end of the golden age to some time in the postwar 1940s when interest in the genre faded.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 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

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