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Aten

British  
/ ˈɑːtən /

noun

  1. (in ancient Egypt) the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We were just sick of losing honestly,” said junior forward Aten Hassan, who had nine points in Saturday’s 56-49 intersectional victory over Agoura.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2024

David M. Aten, the IRS’s human capital officer, also defended the old program’s decision-making, saying employees who didn’t meet “basic elements” of the suggestion process weren’t going to be heard through that process.

From Washington Times Apr. 3, 2023

Intriguingly, drawings on the walls dating to the time of Akhenaten’s father, Pharaoh Amenhotep III, depict the Aten exactly as he was shown at Amarna.

From Scientific American Nov. 4, 2022

The 18th-dynasty pharaoh rejected Amun, Osiris and Egypt’s traditional gods in favor of a single disembodied creator-essence, Aten, or the sun disk.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2022

Suddenly he flung up his arms, and cried: "Now, O Aten!"

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

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