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a private or secret meeting or group
a conclave of bishops
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Recent Examples of conclave
Another is going to tell something from the conclave of cardinal electors (essentially sworn to secrecy) who met in the Sistine Chapel to ...
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Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 May 2025
Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Prediction markets allow people to stake money on the results of real-world events: elections, papal conclaves, movie review scores and sports—which is more popular now than any other genre.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 29 June 2025
The program was followed by a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago who was part of the conclave that elected Leo.
—Holly Meyer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 May 2025
Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Prediction markets allow people to stake money on the results of real-world events: elections, papal conclaves, movie review scores and sports—which is more popular now than any other genre.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 29 June 2025
The program was followed by a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago who was part of the conclave that elected Leo.
—Holly Meyer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conclave
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Yet a minority is wary, fearing that synods could undermine doctrinal clarity or papal authority.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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So too has his radical approach to inclusivity that welcomed the non-ordained faithful, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and lay women, to sit with bishops and contribute their thoughts on issues of church doctrine in meetings called synods.—
Aryn Baker,
Time,
9 May 2025
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According to other reporting, FEMA’s acting administrator, David Richardson, had not been to Texas and appeared to be missing from key meetings.—
Jessica Pishko,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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One such gathering was the Texas Digital Economy Convening in Fort Worth last February, which featured over 60 stakeholders, including IREN.—
Andy Tonsing,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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This year’s gathering — taking place this weekend in Newport, Rhode Island as always — was curated by Nathaniel Rateliff and is a vivid demonstration of how much the festival’s scope has expanded.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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All of these dynamics are reinforced by Iowa’s role in presidential politics, with the state being the first presidential caucus in the electoral calendar.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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The civil rights leader, a fellow caucus member, had lain in state at the U.S. Capitol and later in Georgia's capitol rotunda.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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The arena will host at least 25 G League games, as well as concerts, sports tournaments, conventions and other events.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
22 July 2025
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Challenging conventions, the studio’s president Kevin Feige hired a heavyweight cast for Iron Man including Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr and Jeff Bridges.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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