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Recent Examples of yeshiva
Both girls attended Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills about two and a half miles from the family’s Kew Gardens Hill home.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
On June 30, 2014, the bodies of three yeshiva boys kidnapped by Hamas were discovered — and a 50-day war followed.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Simmons was a Hasidic Orthodox Jew from Israel who found a new faith one fateful day while exiting the yeshiva.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 June 2025
His ultra-Orthodox allies wanted the reform to prevent the drafting of thousands of yeshiva students, who have long been exempt from military service.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
On June 30, 2014, the bodies of three yeshiva boys kidnapped by Hamas were discovered — and a 50-day war followed.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Simmons was a Hasidic Orthodox Jew from Israel who found a new faith one fateful day while exiting the yeshiva.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 June 2025
His ultra-Orthodox allies wanted the reform to prevent the drafting of thousands of yeshiva students, who have long been exempt from military service.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeshiva
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After his mother’s death, he was sent to study Urdu and Islamic calligraphy at his grandfather’s madrassa in Sidhpur, Gujarat.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The piece filled both a madrasa and a caravanserai, placing ancient craft next to modern technology.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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The board turned to Andres Chait, a longtime district insider who began his career as a kindergarten teacher and rose through the system to oversee its daily operations.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Within Milwaukee Public Schools, over half of students in 4-year-old kindergarten through third grade – or about 12,500 students – scored below the 25th percentile nationally on early literacy assessments last school year, according to the state Department of Instruction.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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With a gym full of students on Friday, the 21-year-old Gary charter school formalized its relationship with local campuses at Ivy Tech, Indiana University Northwest, and Purdue Northwest.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Uplands’ master plan even supports education, with land dedicated to a charter school and investments in local STEM programs.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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Iranian state media has reported that a girls' school in southern Iran was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, killing at least 165 people and wounding dozens more.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Artnews last June listed SVA as one of the US art schools most reliant on international students attending its graduate programs, behind only the Savannah College of Art and Design.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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