conventicle

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Noun
  • Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include: On Waterman Court, Danville, in February 2025, a 2,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,990,000, a price per square foot of $884.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
  • Home climate control often comes with trade-offs: a second-floor bedroom that stays five degrees warmer than the rest of the house, rising electricity costs during peak summer months, or the high cost of installing central air conditioning.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Our friends and family gathered in the meetinghouse and sat in silent Quaker worship.
    Ashley M. Wilcox, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The Society of Friends was the first religion to officially condemn that horror, but some meetinghouses—which are known for having benches arranged in egalitarian formations—featured segregated seating for Black members.
    Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • It’s located in the food hall at Urban District Market, less than a 10-minute drive from the ballet’s rehearsal studio.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2025
  • The stark nine-year old video from L.A.’s InterContinental Hotel, which, CNN obtained and broadcast last spring, shows a half-naked Combs beating and kicking his then-girlfriend in the hall and dragging her back to their room.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
  • This all-boys camp knows all about classic summers.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
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“Conventicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventicle. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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