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as in church
a body of persons gathered for religious worship
the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor
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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
a congregation of journalists were at the hotel bar, discussing the latest developments
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The congregation moved several times since the fire, but has been based at 4440 S. Michigan Ave.
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
Loading your audio article The wife of an American missionary killed in Angola last week has been arrested for his murder, the lead pastor of the Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes, Minn. said Friday in a letter to the congregation.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
Ferber, then the cantorial soloist at the Berkeley, California, Renewal congregation Chochmat HaLev, led most of the seder, kicking off a recurring event that always ended with an extended set featuring Lesh and regularly sold out.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
New Hope Presbyterian Church, a multiethnic congregation led by a Black female pastor in Anaheim, started a string orchestra in April, welcoming students, including those who may have trouble getting into and paying for music programs.
—Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
Loading your audio article The wife of an American missionary killed in Angola last week has been arrested for his murder, the lead pastor of the Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes, Minn. said Friday in a letter to the congregation.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
Ferber, then the cantorial soloist at the Berkeley, California, Renewal congregation Chochmat HaLev, led most of the seder, kicking off a recurring event that always ended with an extended set featuring Lesh and regularly sold out.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
New Hope Presbyterian Church, a multiethnic congregation led by a Black female pastor in Anaheim, started a string orchestra in April, welcoming students, including those who may have trouble getting into and paying for music programs.
—Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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According to the White House fact sheet, some of those getting clemency on Thursday include a military veteran who spends time helping church members in poor health, a nurse who has helped in emergency response and an addiction counselor who volunteers to help young people.Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many non-Muslim tourists make their way to the Blue Mosque each year, much in the way stunning churches in Europe attract non-Christians too.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dealers will replace the exterior touchpad switch assemblies, free of charge, and owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Jan. 13, 2025, the NHTSA said.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Instead of manual assembly, HITS-Bio employs a four-by-four array of pipette nozzles that are digitally directed to move in three dimensions, all while also handling multiple spheroids at once.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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The research team stumbled upon the assemblage of 50 cave pearls while conducting investigations in the Joweizeh spring tunnel in the Jerusalem Hills.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The last holder of that title was the fossil assemblage of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Stan.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Thompson, 50, was shot from behind on the sidewalk outside a New York City Hilton hotel Dec. 4 before a shareholder conference.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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In that notebook, he is alleged to have written about wanting to target a CEO at a conference with a gun and expressed that such a method was preferable to other means — like a bomb or some other explosive device — so others wouldn’t be harmed.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Minutes for those meetings are not posted to the county's website, and the Journal Sentinel's efforts to reach the county and the committee by phone on Friday, Dec. 6, were unsuccessful.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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Amber Frey was at a city council meeting in Prattville, Alabama, a suburb of Montgomery with about 40,000 people, listening as parents expressed concerns over books at their public library.Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Over the years, the organization has made concerted efforts to appeal to audiences outside of its U.S. home, where the market is already greatly saturated.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Its technology allows companies to segment their audience based on customer behaviors, preferences and purchase history, and to offer a range of tools for marketing automation.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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