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or madrasa
also madrassah
or madrasah
as in yeshiva
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Recent Examples of madrassa
And as media reports have suggested, these madrassas or seminaries had already been vacated earlier.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
On Sunday, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani offered a more moderate statement at a madrassa in Kabul, urging Taliban leaders to avoid imposing their will on the Afghan people.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums were festooned in teal and indigo mosaic tiles and crowned with the azure domes that became a signature of Central Asian architecture.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2022
Local militant groups like ABT recruit from among madrasah students and teachers, while one of the first deadly attacks on a blogger, back in 2013, was carried out by students at North South University, a prestigious Dhaka educational institution.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
On Sunday, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani offered a more moderate statement at a madrassa in Kabul, urging Taliban leaders to avoid imposing their will on the Afghan people.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums were festooned in teal and indigo mosaic tiles and crowned with the azure domes that became a signature of Central Asian architecture.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2022
Local militant groups like ABT recruit from among madrasah students and teachers, while one of the first deadly attacks on a blogger, back in 2013, was carried out by students at North South University, a prestigious Dhaka educational institution.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madrassa
Noun
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Religious groups have documented a rise in acts of harassment and violence against Christian pilgrims and clergy as well as Palestinian Christian residents, including assaults and spitting, often by ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshiva students.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Ephy Carlebach, 18, attends yeshiva school in Beit Shemesh, one of the first Israeli cities Iran attacked during the war.—
Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The event is free for those ages kindergarten to fifth grade, and requires no pre-registration.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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One study found that kindergarten teachers perceived their shorter male students as being less academically capable than their classmates.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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