as in refuge
something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger
the embassy serves as an asylum for that country's nationals in need of help
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Recent Examples of asylum
Richard Attenborough once mischievously locked his brother inside a padded cell in a building on campus that was once a Victorian lunatic asylum, according to the university.
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The detention of the family, who had been going through the asylum process since 2023, made national headlines and drew public outrage, leading to their release two weeks later.
—Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 7 May 2026
By then, Gehrenseestraße had become a community hub for former contract workers and asylum seekers like us.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for asylum
Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The detention of the family, who had been going through the asylum process since 2023, made national headlines and drew public outrage, leading to their release two weeks later.
—Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 7 May 2026
By then, Gehrenseestraße had become a community hub for former contract workers and asylum seekers like us.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for asylum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asylum
Noun
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As a break from the drudgery of surviving a fraught postgraduate landscape, Harris sought refuge in her imagination.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Today, Tursun lives in the United States with her surviving children after eventually receiving refuge following congressional testimony in 2018 about her experiences in China.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Though many people come to far West Texas for its isolation—the Unabomber’s slightly less reclusive brother did a stint here in the eighties, living at first in a crude underground shelter—Miller said that immigration-enforcement agents have been an intrusive presence for many years.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Newborns in incubators were transferred and doctors and nurses scrambled to find shelter amid fears the hospital would become the next casualty in Haiti’s escalating gang wars.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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Then the scene’s perspective shifts, and Amadeus reveals that Salieri’s look of disgust is not for his younger rival but for the figure of Jesus Christ hanging on a cross above the sanctuary.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Expectant mothers, soon-to-be pregnant women and their supporters gathered in the sanctuary of a South Side church Saturday to learn how to best advocate for themselves during pregnancy and where to find health resources.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Popular experiences include sauna and hydrotherapy bathhouses such as Soak Bathhouse and Sense Of Self, luxury spa retreats like Alba in the Mornington Peninsula and clinical skin treatments at specialist clinics in Sydney and Melbourne.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Of course, no lakeside retreat is complete without evening s'mores, which are complimentary for resort guests.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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“Asylum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asylum. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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