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Recent Examples of swami
Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.
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Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.
—Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name – a signifier of one’s caste – after hearing the swami speak.
—Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2020
The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003.
—Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami.
—Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019
Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.
—Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name – a signifier of one’s caste – after hearing the swami speak.
—Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2020
The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003.
—Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami.
—Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swami
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Published: May 10, 2025 Sierra Vandervort (Photo: Neal Francis; Outside Festival) Sierra is a writer, yogi, and music lover living in the Pacific Northwest.—
Sierra Vandervort,
Outside Online,
10 May 2025
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Maybe the resident baker-in-chief could use a new recipe stand for pouring over ingredients or the hardcore yogi could use a new mat.—
Sarah Madaus,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Norwegian princess married the spiritual guru in a three-day wedding in Norway in August 2024 in a celebration attended by family and friends, including her royal relatives.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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As for Stack, the album bumped him into a new stratosphere as a studio guru — one who had racked up credits with HAIM, Empress Of and Kacy Hill, but never a pop star of Lorde’s acclaim.—
Lyndsey Havens,
Billboard,
6 Oct. 2025
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But a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in a Delhi park seemed girded for the struggle ahead: Antipollution campaigners had fitted the mahatma with a respirator mask.—
BROOK LARMER,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2018
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Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.—
Deepti Hajela,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Dec. 2021
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Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.—
Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth,
CNN,
11 June 2021
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After Joanne, an agnostic podcaster, meets Noah, an unconventional rabbi, in the first season, the two dance around the idea of a potential relationship despite all of their differences.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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For backround, in Season 1 of Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Swami.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swami. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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