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Recent Examples of pagoda
One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.
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Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Both Hai and Thida’s homes are facing destruction — his pagoda, her cinema — and the consequences of the Cambodian genocide loom large in their present lives.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
On the terrace, Nevins had installed a koi pond, a pagoda, and a bar.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, adventurous theatergoers are immersing themselves in a different sort of experience, one involving a tall, twisting pagoda tree.
—Joey Sims Shuran Huang For The New York Times, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Both Hai and Thida’s homes are facing destruction — his pagoda, her cinema — and the consequences of the Cambodian genocide loom large in their present lives.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
On the terrace, Nevins had installed a koi pond, a pagoda, and a bar.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, adventurous theatergoers are immersing themselves in a different sort of experience, one involving a tall, twisting pagoda tree.
—Joey Sims Shuran Huang For The New York Times, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pagoda
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For Abbas, while there are new local coffeeshops emerging as hubs for Muslims — like Yemerica Coffee in West Hartford or Muslims of the World Coffee and Pastries in New Haven and Middletown — the places to socialize, outside a mosque, in a public space are limited.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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The visits to the mosque and to family members and friends that sustained their emotional lives are on hold.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At Viktor & Rolf, for one, models had face-framing below-the-chin braids with blush carried above the temple by makeup artist Ana Takahashi.—
Essence,
Essence,
30 Jan. 2026
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Based near the northern city of Chiang Rai, this is one of Thailand’s most extraordinary Buddhist temples.—
Vicky Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The gathering, held inside a Plano synagogue, began as a discussion about antisemitism on college campuses but quickly turned chaotic.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, the Justice Department did invoke the act in a lawsuit against demonstrators who protested outside of a synagogue.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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There are no shrines to Lobotka in the style of those dedicated to Maradona.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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At the end of the alley, nailed to a concrete wall, were a measuring stick, the water having clearly surpassed its previous peak of seven feet not long ago, and a shrine to the Virgin Mary.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Pagoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pagoda. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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