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Recent Examples of nun
There were nuns from a nearby order, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia.
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Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
At least 15 people were killed including, two nuns.
—Jacqueline Charles
july 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Thorn branched into fiction in 1990 with Je t’ai dans la peau, starring Solveig Dommartin as a nun who falls in love with a priest and then becomes a union and feminist activist.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 July 2025
At the time, the nuns operated the school in a two-room cabin on land where St. Mary's Cathedral now stands.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
At least 15 people were killed including, two nuns.
—Jacqueline Charles
july 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Thorn branched into fiction in 1990 with Je t’ai dans la peau, starring Solveig Dommartin as a nun who falls in love with a priest and then becomes a union and feminist activist.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 July 2025
At the time, the nuns operated the school in a two-room cabin on land where St. Mary's Cathedral now stands.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nun
Noun
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Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine abbess and eventual saint, lived in the Middle Ages, when women’s lives were severely restricted.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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The 12th-century abbess, composer, philosopher, and visionary becomes a thrilling subject when backed by modular synths, Ukrainian folk singing, and high medieval music.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
Noun
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In February, Shi led a delegation of monks from the Shaolin Temple to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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Steger had long admired the late Trappist monk and mystic Thomas Merton, who once lived there.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2024
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Seer: Big-budget historical epic following the Trojan priestess Cassandra and her lover Apollo.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
15 July 2025
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One of the exciting new discoveries includes new information regarding Babylonian women–many were priestesses.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
2 July 2025
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The Discalced Carmelite Fathers Monastery in Munster was founded in 1952 by a group of Polish Discalced Carmelite friars who came to America after World War II to devote themselves to the pastoral care of their countrymen.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Today, there are some 2,800 Augustinian friars in almost 50 countries worldwide.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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These tools power cybercrime, automating sophisticated attacks and enabling novices to deploy phishing, malware or social engineering campaigns with ease.—
Skip Sanzeri,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Luna Lunardi, 2, of Libertyville, sat on the shoulders of her father Steven near Luna’s sister Collins Jo, 4, and the children’s mother Margaret.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The 26-year-old sister of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and AHL player Matthew Gaudreau married her high school sweetheart Devin Joyce in Philadelphia on Friday, July 11, the couple announced in an Instagram post.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nun. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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