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Recent Examples of nuns
At some point, a pair of politically active nuns started hanging out at the Nash home, eventually leaving their formal nun habits, cast off as part of their activism, at the house.
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Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuns
Noun
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As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Instructors are on hand to teach novices.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Chloe x Mother capsule evokes the swinging spirit of the 1960s, taking cues from the sisters’ favorite vintage finds and the on-screen stars who defined the decade.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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After all, the sisters from from the royal house that ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy, which included Naples, Sicily, and the southern Italian mainland until it was absorbed into the new Kingdom of Italy in 1861.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Ben Whishaw is back as the marmalade-sandwich-loving Paddington, and Olivia Colman joins the cast as a suspicious Reverend Mother.—
Laura Martin,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2025
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Early on, there’s a singalong where the retirement home’s Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman) belts to the hills with the sound of music.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While some conservative clerics still frown upon women taking part in beauty pageants, many others in the Muslim community have been supportive of Hashwi.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The novelty of clerics at Davos signals a deeper realignment.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the film, set in 1948 over the course of just seven days, Teresa — Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto — is in her late 30s.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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The story is set in Kolkata, India in August 1948, following Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, over the course of seven pivotal days for her.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Nuns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuns. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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