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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road
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Recent Examples of hermitage
The excavation began in February 2025, in anticipation of future housing development near a modern-day hermitage, according to a statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP).
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for hermitage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
Noun
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There was no immediate comment from Pakistan, which repeatedly has said its military only targets Afghan posts and militant hideouts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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This is intentional, as the hotel—founded, owned, and fashioned by Robert De Niro—serves as a discreet hideout for stars passing through the city for film festival press junkets and industry negotiations.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
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More than 400 intellectuals and students had demonstrated against the regime in a Capuchin monastery on the outskirts of Barcelona and were surrounded by police for two days.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Middle Ages really were an era when kings ruled in Christ’s name, when the popes of Rome commanded obedience from believers around Europe, and when monasteries played a crucial role in the shaping of values and education.—
Brett Whalen,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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He-Man's base of operations is Castle Grayskull, the focal point of Eternia's magic, and the obsession of Skeletor, who'd really like to relocate from his own Snake Mountain lair.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The hostage was then held in Village de Dieu, a seaside slum south of the capital that serves as the gang leader’s base of operations and a kidnapping lair.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Don't miss the museum's architectural treasures, which include a fully reconstructed Japanese teahouse and a medieval cloister.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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Local Catholic women raised funds to build the nuns a new cloister, chapel and office complex on site in 1948, the buildings designed by celebrated architect Wallace Neff.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Give a bird a habitat to make a nest and lay eggs.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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Small owls like screech owls often sleep in tree cavities or nest boxes, while barn owls live up to their name by seeking out barns and empty buildings.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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