high priest

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Recent Examples of high priest That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo. Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 The local olive trees have long furnished the oil used to anoint kings and high priests. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 The Torah describes the details of the breastplate that the high priest, Aaron, and his sons wore. Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool. Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for high priest
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Noun
  • Television viewers would not see this footage until 1975, when a late-night show hosted by Geraldo Rivera showed a grainy, bootlegged copy narrated by a couple of conspiracy proponents.
    Time, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Hegseth's decision was quickly and sharply derided by members of the media and proponents of a free press, who noted that pre-approval of reportable material would limit the ability of reporters to provide vital news to the public about America's military.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Fiji, India, and Zimbabwe, citizens have the right to consult a legal practitioner of their own choosing.
    Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Long beloved by health experts and practitioners alike, this eating pattern is all about nutrient-rich whole foods with a coastal vibe.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stephanie Bell is none other than Stephanie Kelton, now an exponent of Modern Monetary Theory.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As one careful exponent of technical legal craft addressing another, Burroughs hit the mark.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Kneeling was widely used by protesters and supporters after Floyd’s death to signal sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement and a call for racial justice.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Founder Fawn Weaver may lose control of her cult Tennessee distillery after a judge mandates a receivership—unless a white knight investor bails her out.
    Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • As any self-respecting white knight would do, Conrad bravely takes up the mantle of responsibility and decides to help Belly pick out hurricane glasses himself.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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