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as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score
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Recent Examples of seminary
The future pontiff lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.
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Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Qom is considered a holy city, home to Iran’s largest and most famous Shia seminary.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
Deterrence cannot be established by targeting some seminaries.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Mojtaba Khamenei currently teaches theology at a religious seminary in Qom and is closely aligned with his father’s hardline views, Reuters reported, citing sources.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
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Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Qom is considered a holy city, home to Iran’s largest and most famous Shia seminary.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
Deterrence cannot be established by targeting some seminaries.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Mojtaba Khamenei currently teaches theology at a religious seminary in Qom and is closely aligned with his father’s hardline views, Reuters reported, citing sources.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminary
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The voluntary program provides resources to schools for assessing and recognizing youth fitness, shifting its emphasis from athleticism to overall health.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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James McGann, 28, who was arrested Wednesday at a barbershop in Springdale, Arkansas, taught at Lewisville ISD’s Donald Elementary during the 2022-2023 school year, officials said in a statement to WFAA.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Aug. 2025
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Epstein has long been at the center of conspiracy theories since his death while in jail in 2019, including from many of Trump’s own supporters.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
31 July 2025
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The account, originally meant to help fund both of their college expenses, has now become the center of a family disagreement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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There were no patients in the labor rooms, no newborns in the nursery, and the halls were silent.—
John McHugh,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
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Attorneys for Howard argued that damage to the nursery would have been negligible except the flood waters had been diverted across nursery land by embankments at the city’s new sewerage disposal plant.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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This season, which started out so strong, just limps to the finale like Peg-Leg Pete stumbling through a termite nest.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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There were 12 to 15 circular nests easily visible within about a 10-by-15-foot area next to the shore, with each one being guarded by a male pumpkinseed swimming in place in the middle of each nest.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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One is a mysterious young woman with some mean kung fu skills who has just arrived from China in the Italian capital in search of her missing sister; the other is the son of an indebted local restaurant owner who has disappeared with his lover.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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The city is already making cuts, such as by not filling open positions and by stopping capital projects that are not absolutely required, Laesch said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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For the past few years, Lilly has made news by driving large-scale investments in the LEAP Innovation District, billed as a future manufacturing and tech mecca in Lebanon, Indiana.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.—
Irenosen Okojie
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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