Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistories
Noun
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The center assists congregations through three strategies designed to boost rural synagogues.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Today, churches such as Center City’s Arch Street United Methodist Church and North Philly’s Church of the Advocate, along with other congregations, uphold this tradition while a multicultural community across the city continues that fight.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
8 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
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The flexible stack can be laminated under existing display or interface assemblies, allowing integration without major redesigns or complex component integration.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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The assemblies aren’t the end of the nomination process — indeed, some of the highest-profile names in Democratic politics are foregoing it.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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The trial lasted three weeks, but when the case went to the jury, on March 20th, deliberations took less than six hours.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Although Braddy’s age didn’t come up in their deliberations, the jurors acknowledged that had Braddy received the death penalty, the now 76-year-old would likely never be executed.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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But these acts of collective punishment cannot generally be prosecuted as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions, because the conventions apply only when there is armed conflict.—
Mark Weisbrot,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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There are also additional conventions banning the use of biological weapons (1972), certain conventional weapons (1980), chemical weapons (1993), anti-personnel mines (1997), and cluster munitions (2008).—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Apr. 2026
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