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Recent Examples of congregant
MacArthur made news during the coronavirus pandemic for flouting Los Angeles County's health orders by holding indoor services for hundreds of congregants and refusing to enforce masking and physical-distancing requirements.
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CBS News, 15 July 2025
It’s been challenging to keep up to date on immigration news, and to drive around the Waukesha area to confirm or deny rumors of ICE arrests, and to be a stabilizing force for anxious congregants.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Then everyone learned that one of their own congregants had died in the flood.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
And church leaders will also likely face pressure from politically active congregants to endorse candidates, and have a harder time resisting it.
—Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
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CBS News, 15 July 2025
It’s been challenging to keep up to date on immigration news, and to drive around the Waukesha area to confirm or deny rumors of ICE arrests, and to be a stabilizing force for anxious congregants.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Then everyone learned that one of their own congregants had died in the flood.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
And church leaders will also likely face pressure from politically active congregants to endorse candidates, and have a harder time resisting it.
—Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregant
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Walton, who is now a strategic organizer at progressive advocacy organization Roots Action, said Adams will likely try to Black churchgoers, who tend to vote at high rates, pointing to her Buffalo race.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The man had on a tactical vest and carried the two firearms but was quickly confronted and was not only fatally shot but also hit by a driver and a churchgoer, the chief said.—
Viola Flowers,
NBC news,
23 June 2025
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The North Charles Street resident was a communicant of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 740 N. Calvert Street, where a Memorial Mass will be offered at 1 p.m. June 3, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2023
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Simon—five years older and strikingly beautiful—works as a political consultant for high-minded left-wing politicians, is a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church, and has considered joining the priesthood.—
Caleb Crain,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2021
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregant. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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