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Recent Examples of cardinal
Argentina, the home country of Francis, has four cardinal electors.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 May 2025
According to the Vatican, there are currently 135 cardinal electors eligible to vote in the conclave, though the number who will attend and vote is not yet confirmed.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
Nichols acknowledged that the 135 cardinal electors — 108 of whom were appointed by Francis — don’t know one another very well.
—Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Presiding over the late Pope Francis' funeral on April 26 will be one of his key advisers and the head of cardinal electors tasked with selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 May 2025
According to the Vatican, there are currently 135 cardinal electors eligible to vote in the conclave, though the number who will attend and vote is not yet confirmed.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
Nichols acknowledged that the 135 cardinal electors — 108 of whom were appointed by Francis — don’t know one another very well.
—Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Presiding over the late Pope Francis' funeral on April 26 will be one of his key advisers and the head of cardinal electors tasked with selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardinal
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Today, the city’s main protection against high tides is the MOSE set of flood barriers that rises from the seabed to cut off the lagoon from the Adriatic during exceptionally high tides.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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This means cruise visitors will need to rely on shuttle buses, taxis, or sightseeing tours to reach the city’s main attractions.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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It's led by a 200-megapixel primary camera and a 12-megapixel ultrawide, with a 12-megapixel selfie camera.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
13 May 2025
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Arriving first responders conducted a primary assessment of the scene and learned that two people were trapped in a Toyota Corolla, officials said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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The soda business grew in popularity in a predominant Mormon area, according to the New York Times, as the church prohibits drinks that are hot caffeinated like tea and coffee.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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While Putin’s predominant image in the outside world is that of a ruthless strongman, for domestic audiences the Kremlin has tried to soften this image.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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And with more ad dollars moving to streaming and digital — arenas in which the TV networks are less dominant — the networks seem weaker, particularly as Amazon and Netflix join them as part of the upfront calendar.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 May 2025
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Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The signatories of this letter include some of the UK’s foremost experts in artificial intelligence, whose work bridges cutting-edge research and real-world application.—
Philip Salter,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Insofar as the Trump campaign had any specific policy planks, indiscriminate tariffs were foremost among them.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Sangeeta Ranjit, group product manager, and Scott Bingham, principal product manager with Microsoft’s identity and access management team, have made that very clear indeed.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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One of the university’s principal concerns was the Smolny faculty, which often criticized SPSU’s administration.—
Anastasiia Vorozhtsova,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Firefighters received multiple calls before 7 p.m. to the warehouse, with the first units arriving by 6:58 p.m.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Those first appearances will be in early 2023; at this writing, router maker TP-Link had just announced a slate of pricey Archer router and Deco mesh Wi-Fi 7 gear to debut in Q1.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
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But up until now, she has not been involved in one of the fashion industry’s biggest events: the Met Gala.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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The president’s plans as expressed on his Truth Social platform last night, which target only film not television, have bubbled up with media set for a big set of quarterly earnings, and potential CEO commentary, this week including Disney up Wednesday and WBD and Paramount on Thursday.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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“Cardinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardinal. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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