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Recent Examples of seminary The first retreat took place at Mount St. Alphonsus, a former seminary in Esopus, N.Y. Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 During his enrollment in the seminary, Ratzinger was drafted into World War II, putting his theological teachings on hold. Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025 What was once an old seminary is now one of the most beautiful hotels in the city. Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 11 Apr. 2025 It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seminary
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Noun
  • Most applicants find National Math Stars through their Awards Program, in which participating schools recognize their highest-achieving math students.
    Julia Brodsky, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • In 2021, Bopp represented 8 IU students who sued the school because of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but a federal court rejected their request for an injunction.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • While most campaigns historically focused on physical infrastructure, many now include less visible priorities: legal clinics, policy centers, and public interest litigation units.
    Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The hurricane center had also begun using a new forecast map, which highlighted in red the risk of flooding posed to the area.
    Greg Allen, NPR, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Transplant Shock Plants are sensitive to changes in their environment, including when they are moved from one area to another in the garden or brought home from the garden center or nursery and replanted.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
  • This is particularly helpful for sensitive sleepers and means the product is better suited for spaces like healthcare facilities and nurseries.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • More than 200 modern bird species nest in the Arctic, braving the harsh conditions each year.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025
  • Video showed that, as the eaglet took off at 10:46 a.m., Gizmo’s head swiveled, monitoring as Sunny fledged, or made an inaugural flight from the nest.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Gangs control at least 85% of its capital, Port-au-Prince, and have launched attacks in the country’s central region in recent years.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
  • To account for the value of oceans in decision making, researchers are pushing for countries to adopt what has become known as natural capital accounting.
    Justin Worland, Time, 5 June 2025
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  • The century-old hotel is famous for its Spanish colonial revival design, and longtime denizens still proudly reference its history as a mecca of Black music after World War II, when the likes of James Brown and Billie Holiday played its famous club.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
  • Known as a mecca for watersports, everyone pauses to bask in the brilliant purples, pinks, and oranges that splash into the sky as the late afternoon transitions to evening.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 May 2025

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