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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
The excavation began in February 2025, in anticipation of future housing development near a modern-day hermitage, according to a statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP).
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for hermitage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
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Guests settle into plush dining chairs and couchette-style hideouts for exquisite suppers in Art Deco interiors, all while the train trundles through the British countryside.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
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After the unmasking at the end, Maya and Gregory have this very intimate embrace in the underground hideout.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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Late last year, Karp bought Colorado’s most expensive real estate listing, a $120 million monastery near Aspen Snowmass ski resort.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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This still-functioning monastery was designed by architect Michelozzo in the 15th century.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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The hostage was then held in Village de Dieu, a seaside slum south of the capital that serves as the gang leader’s base of operations and a kidnapping lair.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Peacock Lounge is part elegant speakeasy, part subterranean lair, hidden away from the rowdier crowds making bar runs in Savannah on a Saturday night.—
Adam Kuehl,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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For much of its 139-year history, NIH has been a quiet, nonpartisan nest for scientific breakthroughs, helping fund research that has led to the development of HIV treatments, Covid vaccines and cancer drugs.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Set an artificial bird or two on the nest’s edge.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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