rabbi

noun

Definition of rabbinext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of rabbi As the rabbi prayed, the executioner secured the five leather straps. — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026 His opponent, Stephanie Ruskay, struggled to articulate a clear rationale for her candidacy — one week running as a mom, the next as a rabbi. — Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 Or, in this case, a rabbi with a realization. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 22 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for rabbi
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  1. teacher
  2. thinker
  3. intellectual
  4. yogi
  5. intellect
  6. sage
  7. guru
  8. wizard
Noun
  • Schiltz added that any aggrieved teacher can file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Police said on Sunday the gunman had previously had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year, and had watched violent content online, using social media to learn how to use a firearm.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Brainstorm Tech International will convene CEOs and founders, technologists and investors, thinkers and doers to tackle the challenge of turning technological promise into lasting business and societal value.
    — Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While these practitioners experimented, management thinkers articulated what the best of them already understood.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of thinker
Noun
  • James Baldwin rose to prominence as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual at a time when psychoanalysis was all the rage.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This tradition of forceful anti-American sentiment among European intellectuals went into steep decline after the abrupt end of the Cold War in the late Eighties.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • For us, Shiva is the Adiyogi – the first yogi, and the Adiguru – the first guru.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ahead, here is everything to know about the social worker, yogi, and former makeup artist who brought Meghan Markle into the world.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 July 2026
Definition of yogi
Noun
  • Our embodied experience often notices shifts before our intellect explains them.
    — Angela Cusack, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • According to Herrera, her fascination stemmed from Trotsky’s revolutionary stature, intellect, and commanding presence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
Definition of intellect
Noun
  • Hyper-focused on tracking down the lost ranger, Anna ignores Geoff’s guidance, sage advice and the concern from her mentee, Zoey Bear Child (Paulina Alexis), to determine what happened.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The sitting room is painted in Farrow & Ball’s blush Setting Plaster and paired colorfully with a sage-green corduroy sofa and a chintz secondhand armchair.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sage
Noun
  • However, cooking show fans suspect that Meghan’s idea of becoming a Stewart successor might involve borrowing heavily from the guru.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The lifestyle guru said her transition from actress to royal to TV personality doesn’t track.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of guru
Noun
  • Hoult’s Gilderoy Lockhart a notoriously vain, boastful and fame-obsessed wizard well versed in Memory Charms who is recruited by Dumbledore as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But then they’re interrupted by Wil Wheaton, who’s a wizard in this universe.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizard

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