rabbi

noun

Definition of rabbinext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of rabbi The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Agam was born Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon LeZion, Palestine (now Israel), in 1928. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 22 June 2026 Lazowski was the rabbi at Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield for many years before retiring, then was rabbi emeritus at Beth Hillel and at The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026 Earlier this year, Lion moved into an adjacent home, and the rabbi said that tensions began to rise. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 But his candidate statement twists scripture to cast Jewish people as treacherous and contains antisemitic tropes, a rabbi with the conservative synagogue Mosaic Law Congregation told The Bee. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rabbi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbi
  1. teacher
  2. thinker
  3. intellectual
  4. yogi
  5. intellect
  6. sage
  7. guru
  8. wizard
Noun
  • This constant immersion means that when students enter their live sessions with a human teacher, they are often already primed with the confidence to speak.
    — Matthew Kayser July 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Arredondo is charged with 10 counts of endangering students for allegedly failing to quickly respond to the May 24, 2022, shooting, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • There was more to Dean’s philosophy, including a nod to a famous Black feminist thinker.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Classical thinkers used it to describe the capacity to feel a powerful impulse and choose not to act on it.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of thinker
Noun
  • Prominent intellectuals, famously including novelist Emile Zola, argued that Dreyfus had been made a scapegoat by the French military.
    — Masha Macpherson, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Most of the leading liberal intellectuals of the day—Lionel Trilling, George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, the columnist James Wechsler, and above all Reinhold Niebuhr—did too.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • Mental health practitioners, alternative health providers, massage therapists, Reiki practitioners and a yogi can all be accessed at the wellness tent.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • The journey into the gap between stimulus and reaction isn’t about achieving a state of perfect, yogi-like calm.
    — Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Definition of yogi
Noun
  • Temilola Adeoye, a comedian, writer and content creator in New York City,attributes this behavior to shortcomings in intellect and literacy — or to a desire to have one’s intellect validated by others.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Toni Collette is phenomenal as Christie’s beloved detective, capturing both her sharp intellect and her understanding of human nature.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Definition of intellect
Noun
  • Dusty rose, lavender, sage or terracotta are incredibly flattering and can read as a neutral; otherwise go bold with bright pink or turquoise—two trending hues for the season.
    — Laurence Goldberg, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • Take the next set of steps up past thick bunches of black sage.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of sage
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  • Offensive guru Brian Daboll was pretty incompetent as the Giants’ coach and hit the bricks, and in walks Super Bowl winning coach John Harbaugh.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • And travel guru Rick Steves reminded us that jet lag is not something that simply has a learning curve.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Definition of guru
Noun
  • Their quest pits them against wizards, monsters, dragons, and a sinister conspiracy in a lighthearted fantasy adventure inspired by the tabletop RPG.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The books about the life of a young wizard were adapted into a movie series that debuted in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of wizard

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