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mosque

noun

Definition of mosque

as in synagogue

a building that is used for Muslim religious services

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Recent Examples of mosque After 2½ years of bickering with their neighbors, the operators of Los Gatos’ only mosque will have to wait even longer for a decision after the town council on Tuesday night allowed discussions to continue to a date uncertain. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 In Fall 2025, students enrolled in Palo Alto High School’s Social Justice Pathway visited a mosque in Santa Clara County to promote social justice initiatives. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 The settlers, emboldened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, have ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and villages, harassing residents and setting homes, mosques and fields ablaze. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 The tower of a mosque that collapsed during the earthquake in Reo on Monday. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mosque

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Advocates gathered outside the synagogue in Midtown Wednesday.

— Ali Bauman, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Montes then tried to flee but security staff, an NYPD officer working a detail at the synagogue, and congregants stopped and restrained him, prosecutors said.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

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The 16th-century château sits on 50 landscaped acres and has a pond, a swimming pool, a tennis court, vegetable and flower gardens, and a Japanese pagoda.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026
Generations of locals have grown up on its signature franks — split down the middle, grilled in a secret sauce, and served from an unmistakable pagoda-style stand.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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There was no mosque in Mancelona, and Mymonie and Sam found kinship in the Masonic temple.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
An island that is often pigeonholed to infinity pools and rice-paddy views, the tropical destination is also home to working rice terraces still farmed by hand, daily temple offerings, and craft traditions passed down over generations.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

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