high priest

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Recent Examples of high priest 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 Each Jew was represented when the high priest entered the Ark of the Covenant. Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 The breastplate was worn over the high priest’s heart. Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 Lekan Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther) will bring to life the heroic man who is the last high priest of the maji remaining after the Raid. EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high priest
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Noun
  • The bipartisan bill, which former President Biden signed into law in January, repealed two tax rules that proponents say have unfairly reduced benefits for many Americans who also receive government pensions.
    Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 June 2025
  • That was the compromise needed to pass the measure, bill proponents said.
    Denise Amos, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Brittany Piper, a 36-year-old Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and author of Body-First Healing, has sparked widespread discussion online with her viral video dissecting why our lives today seem to be overwhelming the human nervous system.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • As chair of the firm’s National Security Practice, Rod leads a team of former US government officials, former prosecutors, trade practitioners, and data privacy and cyber lawyers.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • In practice, however, advocates, activists and health experts say women encounter significant barriers to ending a pregnancy even under the limited conditions provided for by the law.
    Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • Cruz is a senior U.S. senator, a former presidential candidate, and a vocal advocate for a hardline U.S. posture on Iran.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial—a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.
    Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Celta agreed to the deal despite criticism from supporters over the sale of an academy graduate who had been seen as heir apparent to Iago Aspas, 37-year-old forward who has spent a decade and a half with the club across two spells.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Most days, she was joined by a varied group of supporters—family, friends, parliamentarians, NGO representatives, and advocates from across the globe.
    Margaret Busby June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Investors have clearly lost faith in a white knight coming along for Altice.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Buster Posey rode into the Giants’ top baseball decision-maker role as a white knight.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025

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