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a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score
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Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
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Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
But to the Pakistani government and Western counterterrorism officials, the religious seminaries known as madrasas also represent a potential threat.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
In fact, after four decades of revolutionary fervor, the regime’s power centers, notably the military-security establishment and seminaries, are radicalizing rather than moderating.
—Kian Tajbakhsh, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2019
In his remarks, Francis said that there was already too much gayness in Catholic seminaries, using a pejorative to describe it, according to bishops who attended the conference.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
But to the Pakistani government and Western counterterrorism officials, the religious seminaries known as madrasas also represent a potential threat.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
In fact, after four decades of revolutionary fervor, the regime’s power centers, notably the military-security establishment and seminaries, are radicalizing rather than moderating.
—Kian Tajbakhsh, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2019
In his remarks, Francis said that there was already too much gayness in Catholic seminaries, using a pejorative to describe it, according to bishops who attended the conference.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminary
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In the months since, the settlement has faced a wave of objections from athletes, schools and other stakeholders.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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After being sent to an oppressive new school, outsider Conor Lawlor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) finds refuge in making music with his friends, all with the goal of impressing model Raphina (Lucy Boynton).—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Functionality of these three branches and the commensurate endurance of individual liberty center squarely on society’s universal respect for the rule of law.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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LaBeouf launched the Slauson Recreational Center Theater School in fall 2018 at the Los Angeles rec center of the same name, and the school abruptly closed in November 2020, per Vanity Fair.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Their nursery also includes two bookcases—from the Fillmore Collection—on each side of the crib.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2025
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The book champions houseplants, is about loving our roots and was inspired by growing up on the North County nursery called Altman Plants.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Whenever the other eagles in the aviary came near his rock and its nest, Murphy would scream and charge at them, the sanctuary wrote.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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When the researchers approached the bird’s nest, the fuzzy nestling shook its head, flicking it back and forth.—
ByErik Stokstad,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
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Some people plan just a few months ahead, focusing on immediate expenses, while others think decades into the future, prioritizing long-term investments, retirement planning, and strategic capital investing.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Southern Lebanon was the location of much of Israel's recent air and ground campaign against Hezbollah, with parts of the capital Beirut also devastated.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Since its founding in 1869, the university has turned Carbondale into a tiny cultural mecca and a powerful economic engine in an otherwise vast, rural region that has been battered by the decline of manufacturing and coal mining.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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Critics of the loophole point to Walt Disney as among the first to take advantage of it decades ago when developing its tourist mecca of resorts and theme parks near Orlando.—
Josh Salman,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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