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Recent Examples of mahatma
But a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in a Delhi park seemed girded for the struggle ahead: Antipollution campaigners had fitted the mahatma with a respirator mask.
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Brook Larmer, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
Brook Larmer, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mahatma
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In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world.—
Reggie Ugwu,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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Maybe the resident baker-in-chief could use a new recipe stand for pouring over ingredients or the hardcore yogi could use a new mat.—
Sarah Madaus,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2024
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The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 June 2021
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Here’s what those LinkedIn gurus aren't telling you.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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John, a club and restaurant owner known around town as a nightlife guru, has rights to the land for up to 100 years under the comprehensive agreement.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.—
Deepti Hajela,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Dec. 2021
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Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.—
Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth,
CNN,
11 June 2021
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The other was being a rabbi and understanding the power of community.—
Ashoka,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Rabbi Moshe Matz is the executive director of Agudath Israel’s Florida office and serves as rabbi of the Aventura Shul in Aventura.—
Moshe Matz,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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This isn't exactly the Cultural Revolution, where Mao Zedong—distrustful of intellectuals and scientists—forced the country's best minds into menial labor.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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During the dispute over Babri Masjid, Ashis Nandy, a prominent Indian intellectual, began a series of interviews with R.S.S. members.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The musician is a walking satire of downtown presumptions—and his ferocious intellect turns out to be all business, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Profound wisdom lives in your most receptive, quiet thoughts so your intuition can guide you where intellect sometimes can’t.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
2 May 2025
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“Mahatma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mahatma. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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