pagoda

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Recent Examples of pagoda 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 On the terrace, Nevins had installed a koi pond, a pagoda, and a bar. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pagoda
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Noun
  • The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations Thursday from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his criticism of Israel.
    Sophia Tareen, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The president of Wisconsin's largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations Thursday from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his criticism of Israel.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The parade is part of a three-day New Year celebration set in the Lanxang Village, a Laotian neighborhood near New Iberia with hundreds of families, and near the Buddhist temple grounds of Wat Thammarattanaram.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The concierge specializes in Kyoto’s cultural events, and can help access exclusive ochaya with an interpreter, score tickets to the theater, book dinner reservations, a huge help in Kyoto, or help arrange meetings with monks and priests at the city’s Shinto shrines and temples.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And last October, two men died in an attack on a Manchester synagogue.
    Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities reinforced security around Jewish sites in the wake of explosions last month outside synagogues in Liege, Belgium, and the Dutch port city of Rotterdam and outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Heat owner Micky Arison was inducted into Hall as part of the shrine’s 2025 class.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His 20,000-foot, palazzo was a work of art in itself—and a shrine to the Versace brand.
    Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Pagoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pagoda. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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