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Recent Examples of enthronement
At the heart of the ceremony is the act of enthronement, in which the archbishop is formally seated in the cathedral’s two symbolic chairs.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthronement
Noun
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Even players with sterling credentials — Antonio Gates and Luke Kuechly are two recent examples — missed the cut initially before earning enshrinement.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jack White shows off the skill that earned him his enshrinement, at Brooklyn Paramount (July 11-12).—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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But for the significant conservative Catholic population in Poland, the route's popularity amounted to an inappropriate glorification of evil, and after much lobbying, local operator PKS Gdynia changed the route number from 666 to 669 three years ago.—
Anna Noryskiewicz,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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The glorification of criminals who attack the rich is not new — think Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger — and experts say this is often amplified in times of income inequity and economic turmoil.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Her understanding — and exaltation — of womanhood has also been a strength.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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Your legacy, as it is being formed daily, reflects division rather than love, harm rather than healing, and self-exaltation rather than humility.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Themes of self-ennoblement run throughout this playful and prodigious jazz-pop suite, a quartet of songs explore the pleasures (and sometimes, perils) of gassing yourself up.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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There needs to be a better system of Parks & Beaches member selection, rather than the current process that reinforces the aggrandizement of the existing members … especially if La Jolla is to be its own city.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
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The show, which originally confined itself to the claustrophobic ecosystem of the trading floor, has expanded to include the grubby workings of British media and politics, and to show the intersection of the country’s landed aristocracy with other, newer forms of class aggrandizement.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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With no challengers present, delegates approved Flanagan’s endorsement by acclamation Saturday rather than ballots.—
Twin Cities,
Twin Cities,
1 June 2026
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The acclamation continued to build, and the Spanish auteur was overcome with gratitude — for a few moments.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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To build the dataset, Cheng used a DSLR camera paired with a high-magnification zoom lens to photograph mosquitoes and generate training data for the computer vision model.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Wait until about an hour after sunset and use binoculars or a wide-field telescope at low magnification to detect big Messier 44, the Beehive Cluster, as a faint sprinkling of stars less than a degree to the lower left of Venus, a lovely sight.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Quince's tees earn high praise for their soft texture and durability.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Still, Kind has nothing but praise for Reiser and Hunt.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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“Enthronement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthronement. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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