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Recent Examples of pagoda
Nearby, a stone pagoda bears a tall, striking pillar which has four Buddha faces — one per cardinal direction.
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
But the delicate and sturdy structure with a multitiered roof that makes her box look a pagoda devoted to the baking gods.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Both Hai and Thida’s homes are facing destruction — his pagoda, her cinema — and the consequences of the Cambodian genocide loom large in their present lives.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
But the delicate and sturdy structure with a multitiered roof that makes her box look a pagoda devoted to the baking gods.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Both Hai and Thida’s homes are facing destruction — his pagoda, her cinema — and the consequences of the Cambodian genocide loom large in their present lives.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pagoda
Noun
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Kaziha would stock the mosque’s store with books, always anticipating the community’s needs, finding introductory prayer books and Spanish translations for the mosque’s growing Latino population.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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No person should feel unsafe while praying in a mosque, church, synagogue or temple.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Similarly mundane material is given to Seth Rogen (as a fellow rabbi more concerned with having fun than appreciating the faith), Kate Berlant (as Rogen’s partner in faith), and Alex Karpovsky (as another rabbi, this one invited to join Noah’s temple).—
Hugh Hart,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
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The fight picked up momentum last week when Rabbi Rachel Timoner, a prominent progressive Jewish leader and ally of Mayor Mamdani, delivered a sermon denouncing the boycott push at the popular Congregation Beth Elohim temple on Eighth Ave.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The first Jewish organization in Little Rock was not a congregation in a synagogue, but instead was a social club.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2026
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Two days after Eisenberg died, family and friends gathered for a brief service at Ajijic’s small synagogue, followed by a luncheon at a lakeside restaurant.—
Barbara Bry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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There was a golden shrine pushed to the corner of the room to make way for a projector and a comically large sound system.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
19 May 2026
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Kanazawa offers historic streets, gardens, shrines, and traditional districts with fewer crowds than Kyoto.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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“Pagoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pagoda. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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