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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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Additionally, Russia has ramped up attacks on civilian centers usually considered off-limits in wartime, such as a 1,000-year-old cathedral and monastery complex in Kyiv that was bombed Sunday night, killing three people.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
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Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight sparked an intense blaze at a 1,000-year-old monastery in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, one of the country’s most important religious and cultural landmarks.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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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
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The first was held in the cloister of the Gallery of Modern Art (GAM), with a private tour and cocktail reception for guests.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
6 June 2026
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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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The complex, which includes an 11th-century Benedictine abbey and a 16th-century basilica, is revered for its Black Madonna statue and is home to a boy's choir that has existed since the 13th century and is Europe's oldest.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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The complex, which includes an 11th-century Benedictine abbey and a 16th-century basilica, is revered for its Black Madonna statue and is home to a boy’s choir that has existed since the 13th century and is Europe’s oldest.—
Joseph Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The third attack occurred on May 12 at a house that is owned by the prime minister.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Jones will enter the competition in camp after missing part of the spring with an ankle injury suffered while moving into his new house.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
16 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 19 Jun. 2026.
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