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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road
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Recent Examples of hermitage
When Iyer’s wife accompanies him on a visit to the hermitage, the monks greet her warmly.
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site
Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site
Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
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Up until the al-Qaeda forces discover their hideout, the action is contained to mundane activities: confirming operations, tracking other platoons’ movements.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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Though not a terrible story idea for a climactic event around which to build the series’ climax, the set-up is rushed and doesn’t include Yeon-joo, who is at her monastery home for much of the competition.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
11 June 2025
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The 1,500-year-old monastery, nestled deep in the forested mountains of central China’s Henan province, is known for Zen Buddhism and the Chinese martial art of kung fu.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
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Times reporters got inside the lair of a Sudanese Army sniper, in a once-luxurious riverside building in Khartoum.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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Fitting for an actor, the house hides a cinematic lair.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The church of St Francis is also worth visiting for the peaceful cloister with graceful Gothic arches and creeping greenery.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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With stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and Renaissance cloister, Parador is a prime example of Gothic architecture.—
Carlsen Jes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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The property offers a range of options, including tent campsites, beds within wooden nests, 16 yurts, a tiny house, and 2 domed Autonomous Tents.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 June 2025
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One possible explanation for this is that an obvious reaction might draw attention to their nests and leave their eggs more at risk of predation.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 June 2025
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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