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Recent Examples of meetinghouse
The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church.
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Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Officers with the Salt Lake Police Department are investigating the shooting outside a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chief Brian Redd confirmed during a Jan. 8 news conference.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
By 1783, the sect was calling itself the Society of Universal Friends; hundreds clamored to hear the Friend speak, and the society soon boasted multiple meetinghouses in Rhode Island and Connecticut, built in the Quaker mold, without steeples, bell towers, paintings, or murals.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
There was a separate service Tuesday evening at LDS’ Flint meetinghouse with David Bednar, a senior leader in the LDS Church who’s part of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said Gary Geiger, a LDS member in metro Detroit who is a spokesman for the church in Michigan.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Officers with the Salt Lake Police Department are investigating the shooting outside a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chief Brian Redd confirmed during a Jan. 8 news conference.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
By 1783, the sect was calling itself the Society of Universal Friends; hundreds clamored to hear the Friend speak, and the society soon boasted multiple meetinghouses in Rhode Island and Connecticut, built in the Quaker mold, without steeples, bell towers, paintings, or murals.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
There was a separate service Tuesday evening at LDS’ Flint meetinghouse with David Bednar, a senior leader in the LDS Church who’s part of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said Gary Geiger, a LDS member in metro Detroit who is a spokesman for the church in Michigan.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetinghouse
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The coalition parties together hold only 66 of the lower house of parliament’s 150 seats, so Jetten will have to negotiate with opposition lawmakers to find support for every piece of legislation his government wants to pass.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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At the house of Giorgio Armani, legacy has moved from backdrop to headline.—
Tiziana Cardini,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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Andrew has left the Order of the Garter, which was founded by Edward III, in 1348, and had his banner removed from the chapel at Windsor Castle.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Torres’ remains will be housed at a chapel in Bogota’s National University.—
Manuel Rueda,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Visits to the shrine are seen by Japan's neighbors as evidence of a lack of remorse for Japan's wartime past.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the corner of her living room, Bri Gefroh has a shrine to North Dakota State’s run as the most dominant program in the Football Championship Subdivision.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Surveying the city across the tops of the cathedral in Vieuz Lyon, over the rivers Rhone and Saone below, all the way to Mont Blanc on the horizon while the bell towers mark the slow passing of time is an unforgettable pleasure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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In recent years, the cathedral has scheduled several Masses throughout the day, including early morning, midday and evening services, with overflow seating available to accommodate attendance.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clark was scheduled to start his annual tour of spring training camps on Tuesday.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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After falling behind Busch in one at-bat, Wiggins, in his first big-league camp, battled back to work a full count before getting Busch to whiff at an offspeed pitch low and out of the zone.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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To avoid arousing suspicion, the mission was primarily carried out by ground forces with limited air support from helicopters, Trevilla said.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Because there’s a maximum efficiency that solar panels can reach (currently topping out at about 20%), that means the way to get larger and larger amounts of power is simply to build a series of large-enough solar panels that are within mission feasibility to provide that essential energy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
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And despite the huge crowds on earlier days, the CEOs of OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic delivered their remarks to a more than half-empty hall on Thursday, after entry to the venue was restricted at short notice, apparently for security reasons.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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According to the news release, the actors filmed the town hall in front of a live audience at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, where McConaughey has been a professor since 2015.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Meetinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meetinghouse. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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