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Recent Examples of altars
During this time, the main square is decorated with altars, skeletons, and marigolds.
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Zanny Merullo,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.
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Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Some hide Santa Muerte altars at home from relatives and friends because of the negative connotations.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Knees kneel in grassy altars as history collides with the present.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
Yet at roughly the same time, in England, the Protestant Reformation led to women storming churches and dumping blood on altars.
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Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
Indigenous communities use them as spiritual altars.
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Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
In Nicaragua, there's a special tradition for families to create home altars and then go visit others, singing, from house to house.
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CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
Zanny Merullo,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.
—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Some hide Santa Muerte altars at home from relatives and friends because of the negative connotations.
—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Knees kneel in grassy altars as history collides with the present.
—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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
Yet at roughly the same time, in England, the Protestant Reformation led to women storming churches and dumping blood on altars.
—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
Indigenous communities use them as spiritual altars.
—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
In Nicaragua, there's a special tradition for families to create home altars and then go visit others, singing, from house to house.
—
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altars
pulpits
Noun
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Politicians routinely invoke faith on the campaign trail, speak from pulpits and frame policy debates in moral terms.
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From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed as a betrayal of Black American shoppers who launched boycotts.
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“Altars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altars. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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