Deus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Deus
1250–1300; < Latin: god, earlier deiuos; cognate with Sanskrit deva, Lithuanian diẽvas, Old Irish día
Example Sentences
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Marta Deus, the 38-year-old founder of home delivery app Mandao, cheered the lifting of limits on the number and size of company a single person can own.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
While Madre de Deus suddenly became much cleaner, as a result the group struggled to find cans.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Uruguay is back to its best after restoring first-choice tighthead Diego Arbelo and wing Bautista Basso, and starting flanker Carlos Deus and center Felipe Arcos Perez, who both scored tries against Namibia in August.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
"Initially, in 2018, they had about 100 men actively training Sudanese military forces, and the relationship has grown from there," says Dr Joana de Deus Pereira of the UK-based Royal United Services Institute.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
Josquin’s motet Miserere mei, Deus composed in about 1503, shows us how far the musical treatment of texts had come since the death of Dufay.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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