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Recent Examples of ashram
In 1969, Stamp moved to an ashram in India.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
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
About 90 minutes from Dallas, in a north Texas farming community home to more cows than people, sits an ashram where two Jain monks and documentary filmmakers, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, 41, and Sadhvi Anubhuti, 42, are on a spiritual journey of a whole other kind.
—Kayla McCormick, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
This prestigious university, set up by Tagore in 1921, was an extension of the ashram and school started by his father Maharishi Debendranath Tagore.
—Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2022
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
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
About 90 minutes from Dallas, in a north Texas farming community home to more cows than people, sits an ashram where two Jain monks and documentary filmmakers, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, 41, and Sadhvi Anubhuti, 42, are on a spiritual journey of a whole other kind.
—Kayla McCormick, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
This prestigious university, set up by Tagore in 1921, was an extension of the ashram and school started by his father Maharishi Debendranath Tagore.
—Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashram
Noun
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The always excellent Elizabeth Marvel projects wisdom and warmth as a caring nun at the monastery where Jane once lived, her open-mindedness toward cosmic forces that transcend religion conveyed with crisp economy.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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Highlights include Galician wine country and the monasteries of the Ribeira Sacra region.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Noun
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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
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Yes, the garden cloister arches are brand new, but the seamless blend of old and fake old really works.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Inside, visitors will find a church, tower, cloister, and several detailed stone sculptures.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The manuscript then landed at a different Roman abbey, the Vatican and a small church.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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In the 17th century, as the abbey's importance declined, its vast collection of manuscripts was shifted to another abbey in Rome, then moved to the Vatican and finally on to a small church.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The house was built in 2007 and the living area totals 3,892 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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What does a society look like when people have houses and care for their children?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Noun
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On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.—
Sarah Moss,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.—
Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Ashram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashram. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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