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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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Last week, many Israelis erupted in outrage as 90 yeshiva students flew to Poland to visit the grave of a famous rabbi, while their non-Haredi counterparts were being called up to the front.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Teitz, said their yeshiva is the only Jewish house of worship in town, where forty roughly high-school age students attend.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her oldest daughter teaches kindergarten in a Native language immersion school on a reservation.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Bryn Imagire grew up in south Sacramento, moving to Greenhaven around kindergarten.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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