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Recent Examples of synagogue
But the controversy has spilled into nearly every corner of New York’s civic life, from synagogue boards and dinner tables to political fundraisers and classrooms, as voters grapple with the broader meaning of his candidacy.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
The house also sits next to a synagogue, which is another concern for residents.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
In Britain, two Jews were killed following a synagogue attack by a Syrian immigrant on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Donna, a former teacher, was known in Broward for working part-time in her husband’s dentistry practice while juggling the demands of three children, volunteering and keeping an active membership in her Coral Springs synagogue, according to the Herald’s reporting.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
The house also sits next to a synagogue, which is another concern for residents.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
In Britain, two Jews were killed following a synagogue attack by a Syrian immigrant on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Donna, a former teacher, was known in Broward for working part-time in her husband’s dentistry practice while juggling the demands of three children, volunteering and keeping an active membership in her Coral Springs synagogue, according to the Herald’s reporting.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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My third space was a church, but the same dynamics could happen in a mosque, synagogue or in other third-space communities, such as a 12-step program, a jazz band or a softball league.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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She’s wowed by a theater production about climate change in Brazil—a moment where Daldry and Martin send up expensive German theater—and has an epiphany at a temple in Kyoto (meditative music is provided by Paul Englishby).—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the delicate and sturdy structure with a multitiered roof that makes her box look a pagoda devoted to the baking gods.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2025
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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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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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