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Recent Examples of nunnery
Nang Aye Yin, 34, heard news that the nunnery where a relative of his was studying had collapsed.
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
While Mikhail managed to escape by climbing out a window and taking refuge in a nearby nunnery, the men took his son hostage, and Mikhail was not able to ransom him until several days later.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The ruins of the Iona nunnery were visible from one window of the hall.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Beyond the CastleThe region’s most famous landmark is Kylemore Abbey, a remote nunnery about half an hour from Ballynahinch.
—David Prior, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2016
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
While Mikhail managed to escape by climbing out a window and taking refuge in a nearby nunnery, the men took his son hostage, and Mikhail was not able to ransom him until several days later.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The ruins of the Iona nunnery were visible from one window of the hall.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Beyond the CastleThe region’s most famous landmark is Kylemore Abbey, a remote nunnery about half an hour from Ballynahinch.
—David Prior, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
Noun
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The school was built in what was once the convent's basement, which has been approved by the Israeli military as a suitable shelter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Jamie helps Joanie join a convent and cuts ties with Laoghaire for good.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Among them were 19 Catholics, including seven Trappist monks from the Tibhirine monastery south of Algiers, who were kidnapped and killed in 1996 by Islamic fighters.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Tolan and other historians show how these hostile depictions developed in time in monasteries and royal courts.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Located just east of the Main Quad, Ida Noyes Hall is the home of Doc Films' Max Palevsky Cinema, the campus Pub for over-21 crowd, an array of offices and event spaces, and an architecturally striking staircase and cloister.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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There are still 20 friars who live in the convent around the cloister carrying out their duties.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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He was accused of sending threatening emails to the abbey at 27977 Silverado Canyon Road, Manley said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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On his arrival at the meeting venue at a historic 12-century abbey in Vaux-de-Cerney outside of Paris, Rubio posed for a group photo with his fellow foreign ministers but none of them spoke.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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