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Recent Examples of pandit
Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.
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Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.
—Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021
Juneja's story is in many ways a typical one, said Sapna Pandya, a Washington, D.C.-based pandit, the title given to Hindu religious scholars and priests who perform wedding and other spiritual rituals.
—NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021
The wedding ceremony was a traditional Hindu ceremony performed by a pandit (priest).
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2020
Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.
—Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021
Juneja's story is in many ways a typical one, said Sapna Pandya, a Washington, D.C.-based pandit, the title given to Hindu religious scholars and priests who perform wedding and other spiritual rituals.
—NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021
The wedding ceremony was a traditional Hindu ceremony performed by a pandit (priest).
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandit
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By automating these time-consuming tasks, the professional yogi can focus on higher-impact activities like client sessions and program development, all while building their online presence.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The image serves as evidence that Parks, who was born in 1913 and lived to 92, was a true yogi.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2024
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The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 June 2021
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Its dominance of ball control and pressing has translated into advantages of 40-14 in shot-creating actions and 54-18 in touches in the attacking penalty area – dominance no MLS guru outside SDFC would’ve forecast.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Few are more equipped to determine if Smith is ready to handle the rigors of major-league life than Brown, a draft guru who may have another reason to consider carrying Smith on Opening Day.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
7 Mar. 2025
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There is also a needy Orthodox Jewish woman (Genevieve Hudson-Price) on the premises this day, Henry Czerny as a rabbi, plus various others floating through the floors and the doors, and making Bunny’s birthday memorable in all the wrong ways.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The grave of Ḥayyim ben Joseph Vital, a 17th century rabbi who disseminated the principles of Kabbalah around the world, is some 400 years old.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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Moretti's aware of Ariel's intellect and always wants to be one step ahead of her, making for an enthralling game of cat and mouse.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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But the need to build remained a niche obsession until the Biden Administration, when some of the same intellectuals noticed that efforts to construct a green-energy infrastructure were foundering on the same opposition.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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That was bad for teachers and students and was a root cause of growing parental dissatisfaction and mistrust of public education.—
James A. Kadamus,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Also watch out from some entertaining comedy moments delivered by Ryan O’Donnell (who plays Cher’s father, the teacher and a driving instructor) and Imelda Warren-Green (who also takes on multiple cameo roles as Miss Geist, Miss Stoeger and Cher’s housekeeper).—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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