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a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country
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Recent Examples of temple
The Post, in a three-part investigation in 2022, found a longtime museum consultant and art scholar, Emma C. Bunker, helped the DAM acquire a host of antiquities that had been pillaged from ancient temples in Southeast Asia.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
International law forbids attacks on important historical sites like the temple, but Thailand has argued that Cambodia militarized the temple by installing weapons systems, storing ammunition, and using the site as a base for surveillance equipment, voiding its wartime protection.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
The story follows a man who takes his sprawling family on a frantic one-day pilgrimage to nine Buddhist temples after hearing a prophecy that his elderly mother may not have long to live.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Roads will close Sunday in the Vineyard neighborhood of south Sacramento as a local Sikh temple celebrates a three-day religious festival.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
International law forbids attacks on important historical sites like the temple, but Thailand has argued that Cambodia militarized the temple by installing weapons systems, storing ammunition, and using the site as a base for surveillance equipment, voiding its wartime protection.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
The story follows a man who takes his sprawling family on a frantic one-day pilgrimage to nine Buddhist temples after hearing a prophecy that his elderly mother may not have long to live.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Roads will close Sunday in the Vineyard neighborhood of south Sacramento as a local Sikh temple celebrates a three-day religious festival.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temple
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For example, there was no mandate that immigration officers wear identification or other changes the White House had floated earlier in talks, including a ban on immigration enforcement at schools, churches, hospitals and other sensitive places, the person said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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The victims, mostly low-wage immigrant workers, were fathers, brothers and sons — people with deep community, church and family ties who were working to support their families.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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His high school gym was not the massive cathedrals built to serve the altars of Hoosier hysteria, but with 4,620 seats, the Greenfield Cougar Den is no slouch, either.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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The problem is those cathedrals couldn’t move.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Rogers Park, for example, features the Madonna Della Strada chapel on the campus of Loyola University.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Vatican sometimes hosts concerts in the chapel for visiting musicians and other special occasions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Vandals broke into a Catholic school in Long Beach overnight Monday, stealing church items, damaging statues and tossing the tabernacle to the ground, according to police and school officials.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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