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Recent Examples of hermit
Indeed, most religions also include a subset of followers who argue for eschewing material things in favor of a more spiritual life frequently personified by hermits.
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Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
George lives something of a hermit’s life in Hudson.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The monastery is also home to pink-robe-wearing novice monks, who train at Taung Kalat, and yetis, or hermit monks, who glide in their peaked caps in quiet contemplation across the precariously balanced complex.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Our local guide, Joseph, noted that the once dapper distinguished Gaudi in advanced years became a disheveled hermit living in the church’s workshop.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
George lives something of a hermit’s life in Hudson.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The monastery is also home to pink-robe-wearing novice monks, who train at Taung Kalat, and yetis, or hermit monks, who glide in their peaked caps in quiet contemplation across the precariously balanced complex.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Our local guide, Joseph, noted that the once dapper distinguished Gaudi in advanced years became a disheveled hermit living in the church’s workshop.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermit
Noun
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However, Local Law 42, the law limiting solitary, requires 14 hours per day of out-of-cell time.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.—
Kenny Herzog,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The other is a recluse who lives elsewhere and publishes word and number puzzles under the pen name Ludwig.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even the oldest algae isolates can still actively produce oxygen, a measurement of photosynthetic performance found.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Genetic sequencing revealed striking similarities between the virus strains at these farms, with some isolates from the duck farm 100% identical to those found in the chicken farms.—
John Drake,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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