apotheosis
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Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The day before Germany’s 1937 “degenerate” art exhibit debuted, Hitler opened another art show, also in Munich — an apotheosis of Germanic taste, the “great German art exhibition.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
Borglum believed the American political system was the apotheosis of human civilization, and he wanted his sculpture to stand alongside the Parthenon and pyramids as testaments to grand civilizations and cultures.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025
For Johnson to now be speaker of the House feels as if it is the apotheosis of his political career and aspirations.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2023
Ironically, this disenchantment with Durham’s black elite among poor blacks came just as the former group realized its apotheosis.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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