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as in church
a body of persons gathered for religious worship
the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor
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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
a congregation of journalists were at the hotel bar, discussing the latest developments
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Recent Examples of congregation
That gap gives congregations wide latitude to hire and restore youth pastors, worship leaders and other associate ministers — including those with histories of misconduct.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
What gives him some comfort is being able to help other congregations that are going through similar trauma.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
By 2011, Jin was speaking out about crackdowns on other congregations, in the hopes underground churches might become legally recognized.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The parents of Silas’s boyfriend, the reader learns, leave their church because of its rejection of homosexuality, and join a more open-minded congregation.
—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
What gives him some comfort is being able to help other congregations that are going through similar trauma.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
By 2011, Jin was speaking out about crackdowns on other congregations, in the hopes underground churches might become legally recognized.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The parents of Silas’s boyfriend, the reader learns, leave their church because of its rejection of homosexuality, and join a more open-minded congregation.
—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregation
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Elsewhere, the election commissioner in Virginia said that a church that had been scheduled to serve as a polling location in Newport News was closed after a vehicle ran through the building on Saturday.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 2025
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But Wolfgang Rothe — a priest and scholar of canon law — says this charge is often pitted at critics within the church.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The company’s facility in Tucson, Arizona, handles most of the missile’s assembly, integration and testing.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Building the outpost required 42 assembly missions, from 1998 to 2011 at a construction site 250 miles above the Earth moving at a speed of five miles per second.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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But the contract didn’t define such activity or spell out what a large assemblage means.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Over several years, Spiro and his wife, Arabella, have worked with Parisian gallerist Lucas Ratton to build their African tribal-art assemblage.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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Boise State fell to 6-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play, losing its grip on the regular-season title race.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Nov. 2025
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The teams meet again in Pullman in Week 14, when Wazzu will try to split the conference title.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement In April 2021, Min Aung Hlaing personally agreed at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting to the Five Point Consensus intended to end the bloodshed and open a path toward dialogue.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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At Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders voted in favor of giving CEO Musk a gargantuan, record-shattering pay package that could give him stock worth $1 trillion after several years.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani has also embraced the world of podcasters and influencers, recently hosting a news conference exclusively for content creators that his campaign said was aimed at reaching new and less politically engaged audiences, according to NBC News.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, as the show continues to capture audiences with a dramatization of one of the most notorious true crime cases in modern American history, the man responsible for the killings is asking viewers to consider watching with a skeptical mind.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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