REINCARNATION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

reincarnation

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Recent Examples of reincarnation This also speaks directly to Liang’s interest in traditional Eastern philosophies and aesthetics, which view the silkworm as a symbol of rebirth and reincarnation in Chinese culture. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2026 My son is feeding silkworms for an art project on the theme of reincarnation. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 The spiritual leader and Nobel peace laureate has said his office will have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation, who will be found outside China. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Shoma’s investigation of Varsha’s reincarnation, and Dinu’s investigation of Shoma, give the first part of Ghost-Eye a satisfyingly retrospective quality. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reincarnation

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That draft bill is a legislative version of an AI safety framework the company has been pitching for months, a company spokesperson told Semafor.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The composition of these jets isn’t crystal clear, but scientists suspect electrons, positrons (the antimatter versions of electrons) and perhaps protons are pulled along swirling magnetic lines before being sent out from the black hole’s poles.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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At home, Bob could put those videos on a widescreen television and experience some approximation of being there again.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
With just a few more steps, the group turned the approximation of the surface into an explicit equation and, ultimately, a family of polynomials with degree-23 (meaning the variable climbs to x23 and there are 23 roots to shuffle around).

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

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More than half of people using AI at work worried that using it on important tasks would create exactly that impression.

— Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Then again, the album’s 15-minute runtime presupposes a complete lasting impression isn’t the point.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

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