ashram

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Recent Examples of ashram An ashram where half of them lived sustained slight damage to one window. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025 His group has ashrams across 10 states and union territories in India and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide. Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024 Dlamini, 27, was born in Los Angeles and spent time as a child with her mother at an ashram led by jazz musician Alice Coltrane. Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023 The Sullivanians adhered to the same principles and traditions as many of the ashrams and rural intentional communities of the era: polyamory, communal living, group parenting, socialist politics. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for ashram
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Noun
  • At the summit, the Musée des Explorations du Monde (formerly the Musée de la Castre) presents a diverse collection of art and antiquities in a medieval monastery overlooking the Bay of Cannes and the Îles de Lérins.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Orange County Sheriff's Department arrested an Alabama man who deputies said showed up armed with brass knuckles, knives, high-capacity magazines and body armor after allegedly making threats against a Catholic monastery in California.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show.
    Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Noun
  • Staged at the atmospheric Cloître Saint-Trophime–a 12th-century Romanesque cloister and UNESCO World Heritage Site–this exhibition is the winning project of the BMW ART MAKERS 2025 programme and marks the 15th year of BMW France’s cultural partnership with the festival.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Give yourself ample time to tour the 42-acre complex; besides the mausoleum, there is a mosque, a guest house, cloisters, courtyards, and vast gardens. 6.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
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  • Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms and seaside villages along the English Channel draws visitors who come to honor the fallen or visit famous medieval fortresses and abbeys.
    Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, The Fourth Prettiest Village In France, 2025 Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, the fourth prettiest village in France, 2025 is renowned for its medieval abbey from the 12th century on the banks of the river Dordogne, although only the church remains in situ today.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the gambling business, the folks who generate the profits for the house are — not to put too fine a point on it — the losers.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Features of the mansion and the other priciest metro Phoenix houses to sell in include a 20-car garage, billiards room, pool with a slide and leathered granite countertops.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The excavation began in February 2025, in anticipation of future housing development near a modern-day hermitage, according to a statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP).
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
  • The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).
    Bernd Roeck June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025

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“Ashram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashram. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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