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minaret

[min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret] / ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt /




NOUN
turret
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Speaking to the BBC from a government compound with a gleaming golden minaret, Mehdi Nobani, said neither Israel nor the US had achieved their military objectives, including regime change.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The center — its minaret visible for miles — draws congregants from across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

With its palm trees standing alongside the minaret and its nondescript suburban homes lining the street, this suburb presents the image of a peaceful, multicultural America.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

I imagined the donkey my father mentioned standing there under the minaret the way Souma had stood in the shelter after the war.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

"I could talk to you for three hours about the family lineages, the mosques' minarets and why the mud-brick walls never collapse in the rain," he told AFP.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

The wheat and potato fields there run right up to the Gaza border fence, within sight of the apartment buildings, water towers and minarets of the Palestinian village of Abasan just beyond it.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2024

As Yildiz rushes up and down the slender minarets of Grand Mosques to light up the Istanbul skyline every Ramadan, the future of Mahya remains uncertain, with no apparent successor in sight.

From Seattle Times Mar. 11, 2024

But, in Londonderry, there are no mosques or minarets.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2024

I wish I had a wide-angle lens on my phone as I try to frame the mosque with light glinting off the minarets, and take a few videos instead.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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