as in bishop
a person who is in charge of a Christian parish
The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral.
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Recent Examples of curate
Joor is a fashion wholesale management platform with over 14,000 brands and 675,000 curate fashion buyers across 150 countries.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
Sixteen classrooms are decorated in various ways to curate learning spaces children might encounter on field trips.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Known for spotlighting rising artists in Nashville, Whiskey Jam will host special sets and curate afterhours sets at Stagecoach’s Palomino Stage.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
Sixteen classrooms are decorated in various ways to curate learning spaces children might encounter on field trips.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Known for spotlighting rising artists in Nashville, Whiskey Jam will host special sets and curate afterhours sets at Stagecoach’s Palomino Stage.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curate
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On March 25 at Canterbury Cathedral, Mullally will be formally installed as bishop of the diocese of Canterbury in a ceremony marking the beginning of her new role.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Hicks’s relative youth and low profile make his elevation to big-city archbishop significant.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bishop Ronald Hicks will officially assume his new title as New York's archbishop at a service Friday afternoon.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hicks will be formally appointed as the official document from the pope is read.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The late pope chose his papal name in honor of the medieval saint’s embrace of the poor and his teachings on the moral responsibility of caring for all creatures on Earth.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Sophie D’Amours, rector at Université Laval, adds that the university prioritizes the wellbeing and growth of its employees in part because the hope is for employees to stay long-term and build their careers at ULaval.—
Rachel Rabkin Peachman,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Ryan said Sheridan kept other board members in the dark, including the rector at the time of his departure.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
24 Nov. 2025
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The clergyman connected Webster with another church member who was a criminal-defense lawyer.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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With intact skin and tissue, the mummified body, thought to be an 18th century clergyman, had drawn speculation of healing properties and even rumors of being poisoned.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
3 Jan. 2026
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Rae Chen Huang, a housing rights advocate and ordained pastor, has emerged as one of the most left-leaning candidates in the race, calling for sweeping changes to the city’s housing, public safety and governance systems.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Dawn Baldwin Gibson is a pastor in New Bern, North Carolina.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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However, the bishops took the extra step of releasing a video of various prelates reading the message into the camera, a component that observers interpreted as an unusually direct and personal rebuke.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Dec. 2025
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The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Curate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curate. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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