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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The year is barely three weeks old and already we've been gifted with what may be the alpha and omega of 2022's self-owns in Vulture's interview with Joss Whedon.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 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

Now, I've done Batman and I've done characters that were in between — that alpha and omega end of the scale — and I think it's time for me to do Superman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2016

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