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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high priest
Noun
  • By removing the quarterly standard in favor of a semiannual one, proponents believe investors will get a management team that is more long-term focused.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Even so, proponents of speed reading programs point to data showing that students’ reading speed improves while maintaining comprehension.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Recent practitioner guidance highlights that careful recordkeeping and factual support can be the difference between victory and a costly recharacterization.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This is a monthly recurring series with different themes and practitioners leading.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This consultative approach can turn potential customers into long-term advocates, proving your commitment to their success over your own sale.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • An advocate for free speech and limited government, Kirk also used his sizable platform to spread falsehoods and conspiracy theories about topics including climate change, vaccines, transgender people and demographic change.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 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
  • Participants are currently gathering pledges from friends and supporters.
    Nate Heinold, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Fields had plenty of supporters in the locker room and even on the staff.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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