pagoda

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Recent Examples of pagoda The South Bed blooms with cherry blossom trees of every shade of pink and white, set against blue-and-white porcelain sculptures, including a 33-foot-tall porcelain pagoda. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025 Known for its five-storied pagoda, the Buddhist temple was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, as part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025 Today’s photo, with its olive green watercolour hues, intensifies the deeply vibrant purple flowers bursting open on this gorgeous pagoda shaped tower. New York Times Games, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 The pagoda is built of plywood veneer and wood poles, finished with a clear coat of varnish. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pagoda
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pagoda
Noun
  • His manifesto during the 2023 general election included a ban on all mosques, Islamic schools, the use of Qurans, and anyone wearing a Hijab entering government buildings in the Netherlands.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 June 2025
  • In Ioannina, a lively university town where Byzantine churches co-exist with Ottoman-era mosques, sits the 3Portes Gallery.
    Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The temple would be almost as tall as the Tower building in downtown Elgin and would be the size of two box stores, opponents said.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • The pyramid served as a pre-Inca temple and played a part in various ceremonies.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Six of the injured in what federal officials have described as a terror attack were from the same synagogue, Bonai Shalom.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • My parents were some of the founders of the Riverdale Temple, which is a Reform synagogue.
    Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The crush occurred at the Mata Vaishnav Devi shrine, where tens of thousands of Hindus had gathered to pay respects.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Rosales juxtaposes a wall of psychedelic party posters, glowing beneath blacklight, with a roadside shrine of flowers and votive candles remembering loss.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025

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“Pagoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pagoda. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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