Thesaurus results for SACRIFICES

sacrifices 1 of 2

noun

plural of sacrifice

as in offerings

something offered to a god the herders selected their best lamb as a sacrifice in order to receive blessings from their god

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sacrifice

as in offers

to give up as an offering to a god according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God

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Lee uses the image as a metaphor for fatherhood and the sacrifices parents make for their children. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026 Unlike her opponent, Roy grew up comfortably in Monrovia, largely shielded from the sacrifices her family made to afford her an elite education. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 To be a wife in this world is to be unhappy with your sacrifices yet unable or unwilling to choose otherwise forM yourself. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 For her, one of the hardest sacrifices of touring is missing once-in-a-lifetime moments with her son. — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026 Team owner James Dolan promised rings to the players' significant others as well, highlighting that the support and sacrifices of the players' partners during last season's playoffs were vital to securing the title. — Otis Livingston, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 With Tarantino penning the script, Fincher had to make some sacrifices and cut 60 pages. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 Facing difficult choices on security, pensions, and social welfare spending, few European voters seem willing to make the sacrifices economists say are necessary. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 Lincoln’s leadership and the supreme sacrifices of some 420,000 United States soldiers had ensured the United States survived as one nation, indivisible. — Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

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The film follows Jiwa, a father who sacrifices everything in a fight to save Juna, his son, who has blood cancer. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026 Sieler’s an old-school warrior, a blue-collar player who often sacrifices himself for others, and personifies everything a team should want their players to be about. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 Jarvis sacrifices himself to stabilize Vision’s mind, deleting his code and shifting his processing power to the other AIs to keep them functional. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 Janet sacrifices her judgment of Martin and accepts his offering with an open heart. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 For families Etereo is incredibly family-friendly, but not in a way that sacrifices any of its sophistication. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Romanoff sacrifices herself to retrieve the soul stone, and Nebula involuntarily connects with her past self—a connection used by a past Thanos to decipher the Avengers’ plan. — Michael McDonough, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026 That projection prioritizes preserving the relative area of countries and continents, but sacrifices the accuracy of angles of the Mercator projection. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In The Book of Magic, Franny Owens sacrifices her life to finally break the 300-year-old ancestral love curse plaguing their family. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Family-friendly activities like face-painting, sugar skull workshops, and wellness offerings from community partners such as the Children’s Institute.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
So far, it's been chipping away at that objective one to four people at a time, with modestly sized offerings for tree and ground.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

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On Sunday, Jordan’s Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah attended a funeral held for the victims while Jordan’s King Abdullah II visited the injured in the hospital earlier.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Relatives of the victims said the arrests brought them some relief.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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