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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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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
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The modern Yiddish theater was conjured into being in barns and beer halls by Avrom Goldfaden, a yeshiva student turned impresario, in 1870s Romania.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In his multi-faceted budget, Lamont is proposing tax rebates of $200 per person to pay for high electricity bills and other expenses, along with spending an additional $12 million for free school breakfast for all public school students statewide from kindergarten through 12th grade.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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Local districts acknowledged the value of kindergarten readiness and the impact of pre-K attendance while highlighting academic growth seen by students once they’re enrolled in kindergarten.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Madrassa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madrassa. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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