mother superior

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Recent Examples of mother superior Emily Watson plays the manipulative mother superior who slips Bill an envelope of cash to buy his complicity. Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025 In the films, Goldberg portrayed lounge singer Deloris, who helps turn a nuns' choir into a worldwide smash, as Smith played the memorable Mother Superior. Esther Kang, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025 But so says Valya Harkonnen, Mother Superior of the Sisterhood, to Ynez Corrino, the rogue heir to the throne of the Imperium. Sean T. Collins, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Emily Watson stars as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen, who leads the Sisterhood and has a close ally in her sister, Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen. Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024 Sisters Tula and Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) in their pursuit to grow their order. Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024 Maybe some of the blame lies with her mentor, Mother Superior Raquella, who sought to harness her rage and psychic power and revealed secrets to her that the other acolytes didn’t know. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024 Best Supporting Performance award at the Berlin Film Festival for her role as a different sort of formidable Mother Superior in Irish drama Small Things Like These. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 The Mother Superior insisted Warner, a glee club member, learn Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother superior
Noun
  • Ben Whishaw is back as the marmalade-sandwich-loving Paddington, and Olivia Colman joins the cast as a suspicious Reverend Mother.
    Laura Martin, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The plot kicks off when the Reverend Mother (a delightful Olivia Colman), who runs the Home for Retired Bears, pens a dire message to Paddington about his beloved Aunt Lucy.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In this version, adapted from the London run’s extended one, Bernadette is the primary close collaborator with Sondheim onstage, occupying a position between ambassador to his oeuvre, high priestess of song, and family member in mourning.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Another influential woman in Mukherjee’s life is Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman’s chic, silver-haired senior vice president of fashion—and the retail high priestess responsible for Sabyasachi’s Big Apple debut.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Long banking career and political novice Carney, who has had a high-profile banking career, is a political outsider who has never held political office.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The ideal approach is to let veterans and novices collaborate, as tech alone cannot capture the human spirit.
    Deepa Nagraj, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Mother superior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother%20superior. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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