seraglio

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Recent Examples of seraglio Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio. J. Hoberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog. Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seraglio
Noun
  • The unique cultural makeup of Cádiz—with its famous Moorish alcazar, with its echoes of Arab-Andalusian culture playing alongside Spanish Catholic aesthetics—and its quiet way of life have been a steady guide for Judeline as she’s found her artistic voice and its visual direction.
    E.R. Pulgar, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Visitors may hear the haunting bugles of bull elk echoing through the national park, as males gather harems and spar for dominance.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Lex’s bad-guy crew raids the hero’s Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica and discovers a hidden message from his mom and dad telling him to use his powers to take over Earth and even have a harem of wives.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Balmer climbed a fence at the governor's mansion in Harrisburg, broke a window and hurled a Molotov cocktail inside, prosecutors said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Both Adams and Cameron will be evaluating each contestant’s transformation of new and familiar spaces in the mansion, and they’ll also be joined by a guest judge throughout the series.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 7,530-square-foot space, dubbed Dongliang Maison, is connected to the multibrand retailer’s first Shanghai destination shop — also a charming historical British villa — which was launched a year ago.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Each of its 18, double-story villas has a private pool, a shaded courtyard, and a veranda that looks out across the waterways into the dense teak forest.
    Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some children were at the Miami protest with their parents, including four-year-old Ellie MacLaren, who was sitting on the grass near the Torch of Friendship flipping through a picture book of dragons and castles and placing dragon stickers on the pages.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The castle sits atop a dramatic rocky promontory and makes for a spooky side trip for those visiting Bucharest (about a three-hour drive south).
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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