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Recent Examples of monk
How can a kindly, God-fearing, and ascetic novice monk compete against that?
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Lott is still a priest but is no longer a monk at Delbarton, nor is he affiliated with the school.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s not a plea to live like a monk.
—Morgan Housel, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
One of the first key players introduced is Dairon, a shadowy monk known as an Expositor voiced in the series by Ming-Na Wen (Mulan; The Mandalorian).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Lott is still a priest but is no longer a monk at Delbarton, nor is he affiliated with the school.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s not a plea to live like a monk.
—Morgan Housel, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
One of the first key players introduced is Dairon, a shadowy monk known as an Expositor voiced in the series by Ming-Na Wen (Mulan; The Mandalorian).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
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There once lived an Italian friar named Joseph, an almost exact contemporary of Descartes.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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In the 13th century, German Dominican friar and scientist Albertus Magnus, was among the first to formally recognize and document European leafy mistletoe (Viscum album) as a plant parasite.—
Matt Kasson,
Popular Science,
17 Dec. 2025
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These people who see the theater as almost a monastic calling something of a higher order, and they’re brilliantly educated and funny.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the numbers of women at the highest echelons of learning continue to grow, women will likewise expand their ability to take leadership roles in their monastic and lay communities – helping to improve other nuns’ education and protecting Tibetan culture in the process.—
Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
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The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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The abbot said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
28 Nov. 2025
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His eyes alternated between the mendicant and Bob.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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Many chanted support for Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the Shah, or King, deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought the clerics to power.—
Roxana Saberi,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Iran has been a theocracy since 1979, when clerics toppled a secular monarch allied with the West, leading to the formation of the Islamic Republic led by Khomenei.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of the men, like Baldwin, had been a boy preacher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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But some believe a traveling, apocalyptic preacher convinced her that killing Noah, John, Paul, Luke and Mary was the only way to save them from eternal damnation.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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And when no one from Billo’s church called back regarding prayers for her, Rogers turned to Hicks, who had just become the new bishop in Joliet.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Bishop Samuel Seabury, the first American Episcopal bishop and a rival to Alexander Hamilton — as fans of the musical may remember — was a loyalist to the British crown during the Revolutionary War, as well as a slave owner.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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Chris Collins had been a member of the church for four years and served as a deacon.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Kirton, former Mayor Schulman and Lucy Hurston, a deacon at the Bloomfield Congregational Church, jointly sued the town and the town council soon after voters approved the budget referendum in May.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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