Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetinghouses
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That’s after tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses suspended shipments via the strait on Saturday as a precautionary move.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026 -
The largest obstacle to Hilton’s agenda is the supermajority in both houses of the State Legislature.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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Its architecture and interior design likewise reinforced sumo’s connection to religion through aesthetic nods to the Shinto shrines where some tournaments had previously been held.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Iranian cemeteries, holy shrines and mosques -- which normally are venues for the 40th-day ceremonies -- have turned into scenes of the most extraordinary ways of mourning in the country, as victims’ families have been dancing to mourn as a sign of defiance.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Bekaa Valley is home to numerous camps housing Syrian refugees.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Earlier on Thursday evening, Afghanistan’s military launched an offensive against Pakistani positions, calling it a retaliation for Pakistan’s airstrikes on militant camps across the border in Afghanistan over the weekend that left at least 18 people dead.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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God appeared once, Christianity twice, and cathedrals, but not the Mother of Parliaments in London.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, capacity 100,077, is among college football's largest and most hallowed cathedrals.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Cummings took particular issue with a practice by ICE agents of carrying blank I-200 warrant forms with them on missions and filling them out at the scene.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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India and several European countries with missions in Iran advised citizens to avoid travel to the country as well.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms and seaside villages along the English Channel draws visitors who come to honor the fallen or visit famous medieval fortresses and abbeys.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Euganean Hills are a treasure trove of biodiversity, and not only naturalistic but also historical, artistic and cultural, thanks to the presence of Venetian villas, castles, villages, monasteries and abbeys.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Though rarely questioned in temples, relic authenticity is disputed globally — Singapore’s famous Buddha tooth was shown to probably belong to a cow.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The ghastly kills are there — innards are spilled on floors, knives go through temples, heads stuck on pikes expel vomitous discharge — but there’s little of the preceding back-and-forth that made such scenes notable in the past and at least conceptually justified the grotesquerie.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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