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phoenixes

  • plural
    of phoenix.
    phoenix
    noun
    Sometimes Phoenix a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope.

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You may know about dragons and phoenixes, but have you heard of the tarand, a reindeerlike animal who changes color at will?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

All of you are truly phoenixes rising from the ashes, making something beautiful that will last forever.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

Yeah definitely, phoenixes are a popular image to get.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018

Judd said women's voices had been "squelched" in the past, but that they were emerging as "phoenixes".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2018

A clock sat on a white runner crocheted with red phoenixes and red words about how lucky and bright life is.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston