anoint
Example Sentences
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The Next Warren Buffett Curse,” or the superstition that those anointed with the title are doomed to fall short, might not be real.
Reports have swirled in the media that the younger Khamenei has already been anointed by the Assembly of Experts, a grouping of some 88 senior clerics tasked with this responsibility.
From BBC
In December, he anointed Flavio -- a Rio de Janeiro senator -- as his political heir.
From Barron's
“Founders and investors have the ability to weaponize a startup’s balance sheet and make these huge investments at huge valuations to try to anoint a winner and suck all the air out of the room.”
Many in my and my parents’ generations are wary of anointed leaders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
