synagogue

variants also synagog

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of synagogue The group is made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that come together to advocate for solutions to some of the county’s most pressing social issues. Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025 Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, Australian homes, schools, synagogues, and vehicles have been targeted in antisemitic vandalism and arson. Reuters, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 At that time, the capital had around 150 functioning synagogues. Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 The suspect, Kevin Charles Pyles, allegedly admitted to wanting to damage the synagogue and blamed minorities for his unemployment, officials say. Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
  • The cart has also serviced events at mosques and universities.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The mosque where the food pantry operates, Masjid Al Mumineen, is familiar to Qaddoura, who became the first Muslim to be an Indiana state legislator when he was elected in 2020.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In 2014, vandals tried to set fire to the shul, noted for the whimsical palm trees painted on either side of the ark, and its ceiling, which resembles a starry night.
    Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The caretaking and preservation of these dying congregations is just another aspect of the invisible labor taken on by a generation of women whose work in the home and the shul—caring for children, husbands, family members—was always taken for granted.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Russian forces had also taken old icons and books, a Polovtsian saber, Scythian bronze items, buckles, amulets, temple rings, axes and arrowheads from the times of Kievan Rus, the first East Slavic state, established between the 9th and 13th centuries.
    Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While the frequent visits from Portuguese, Dutch, British and Indian peoples is reflected in the various churches, Hindu temples, colonial mansions, Buddhist stupas the food has been heavily impacted.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the terrace, Nevins had installed a koi pond, a pagoda, and a bar.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The park was constructed in 1983 for a garden exhibition and still contains gorgeous rose gardens, a pagoda surrounded by Asian gardens, and several ponds and water features.
    Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
  • Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025

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