congregation
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Modern life turns out to be, among other things, a vast congregation of machines taking one another’s word for what time it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The largely Hispanic congregation gave him a lively ovation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
He argued it was impossible to know what records were and were not held by a particular congregation or order if they controlled who could see them.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In my own home more often than not, my door shut on the close ones, tunnel vision on, one small part of the enormous quiet congregation of a country doing a single thing together.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
I try to look normal, like the words coming out of Phyllis’s mouth are just the lyrics to the song the congregation is singing.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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The food bank was a success and still operates today, having unfortunately outlived two of the congregations that founded it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
That might look like cathedrals built for congregations that never attend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
On Thursday afternoon, Jewish congregations and organisations in the state took extra security measures and the Michigan State Police patroled other Jewish sites.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Smoke could be seen billowing from Temple Israel, one of the largest Reform Judaism congregations in the country, after the attack and fire engines were on the scene.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
To ask forgiveness, repeatedly, was what congregations were mosdy expected to do, all the while listening to choirs and priests singing at great length about the same sentiment.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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