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Noun
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Ben Whishaw is back as the marmalade-sandwich-loving Paddington, and Olivia Colman joins the cast as a suspicious Reverend Mother.—
Laura Martin,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The plot kicks off when the Reverend Mother (a delightful Olivia Colman), who runs the Home for Retired Bears, pens a dire message to Paddington about his beloved Aunt Lucy.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2025
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And given the ease of using the phishing toolkits, even technical novices can create a legitimate-looking login page and a proxy server.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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But where one is fluent in the language of entertainment, the other now seated at the table is a novice in an industry that’s fraught with shady practices and constant change.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this version, adapted from the London run’s extended one, Bernadette is the primary close collaborator with Sondheim onstage, occupying a position between ambassador to his oeuvre, high priestess of song, and family member in mourning.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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In this version, adapted from the London run’s extended one, Bernadette is the primary close collaborator with Sondheim onstage, occupying a position between ambassador to his oeuvre, high priestess of song, and family member in mourning.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.—
Moira Ritter,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.—
Ron Amadeo,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2023
Noun
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There was the squeak of sneakers, the rustling of kneeling nuns, the murmur of quiet prayers.—
Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Like the 81-year old nun, humor and good-natured ribbing characterized the evening festivities.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2024
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2024
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“Cloistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloistress. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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