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Noun
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The decision has left myriad questions for parish leaders and their congregations.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026 -
Three congregations — including my own — recently gathered at the 92nd Street Y for Israel’s memorial and independence days.—
Elliot Cosgrove,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves.—
Parker Bach,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal details of the compound's dramatic history, including papal conclaves and the Inquisition interrogation of Galileo Galilei.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Three trial uranium-plutonium MOX fuel assemblies containing americium-241 and neptunium-237 have completed three fuel campaigns in the Beloyarsk BN-800 fast neutron reactor.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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There are heroes in schools who don’t show up in assemblies, whose pictures don’t make it to the Wall of Fame in the front office, and they rarely get mentioned in speeches.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The jury should begin deliberations after closing arguments on Tuesday.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2026
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The jury began deliberations on Thursday morning.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But then, the 2016 national party conventions gave Colbert the opportunity to push hard on political humor.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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Merritt draws listeners’ attention to songwriting form, winking at its conventions and timeworn tropes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Consistories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistories. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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