pagoda

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Recent Examples of pagoda Little bags that once held fortune cookies, with pagodas faintly printed on them in red. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Led by expert guides, groups of around 20 visitors at a time will be taken along the Principal Corridor and shown the artworks including Chinese porcelain pagodas and vases that had once stood in the Royal Pavillion, George IV’s seaside retreat in Brighton. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024 Guests wondered about the purpose of a tall blue and white ceramic object on a table that resembled a pagoda. Miles Socha, WWD, 27 June 2024 Its nickname is Motor City, after all. Saigon, Vietnam WHY GO NOW: Much has been written about the hypnotic chaos of Saigon’s streets, and the contrasts between its rising skyline and ancient pagodas. Jd Shadel, Them, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pagoda 
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Noun
  • The prophet Muhammad reportedly adored the animals, which were allowed into mosques.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The rise in such incidents have put all levels of law enforcement agencies on high alert as federal authorities monitor threats and local officials bolster surveillance and security at mosques and synagogues.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Here’s the description: The Superstitious Man is the kind who washes his hands in three springs, sprinkles himself with water from a temple font, puts a laurel sprig in his mouth, and then is ready for the day’s perambulations.
    Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Huang shares an update: A new temple has just opened in Las Vegas, and followers are working to build the Holy Heavenly Lake in Hesperia, California.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Kristallnacht translates as Night of Broken Glass, a reference to the thousands of shops, businesses and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis across the two nights in November 1938.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The last thing the state needs is to abort its children, sterilize its youth, and shutter its churches, synagogues, and religious schools.
    The Editors, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • There are also ancient temples and shrines throughout the town.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Pagoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pagoda. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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