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Recent Examples of lyceum
It was called the lyceum movement.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021
The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau.
—Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1.
—Time, 23 Nov. 2022
All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest.
—Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Thoreau delivered his famous essay Resistance to Civil Government as a lyceum lecture in January of 1848.
—R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2020
The Chandor Gardens Foundation envisions a lyceum, restaurant, classrooms, and amphitheater for the property.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017
Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021
The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau.
—Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1.
—Time, 23 Nov. 2022
All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest.
—Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Thoreau delivered his famous essay Resistance to Civil Government as a lyceum lecture in January of 1848.
—R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2020
The Chandor Gardens Foundation envisions a lyceum, restaurant, classrooms, and amphitheater for the property.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
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New plans call for converting most of the 10 separate cinema auditoriums into one large banquet hall, with moveable partitions to divide into several smaller rooms as needed.Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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Trumbull Community Theatre Yet another local rendition of the Menken/Ahrens version, this time performed by Trumbull Community Theatre Dec. 6-8 in the Trumbull High School auditorium, 72 Strobel St., Trumbull.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
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Fill with garden soil or mulch to a depth of about 6 to 8 inches.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Up on the roof, the secret garden has been carved out of one of the building’s historic turrets.Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The tree-lighting is at 7 p.m. across the street at the Veterans Park amphitheater.Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Pierce the Veil will make stops at arenas and amphitheaters in Tampa, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Nashville, Austin, Seattle, Los Angeles, and more.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
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Connecting with local businesses that serve as community hubs, such as coffee shops and theaters, can also be incredibly effective.Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The 24-year-old actress — who plays Nessarose, sister to Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, in the box-office hit movie musical — condemned the insensitive and hateful remarks that have been directed toward her character in a new video shared a week after Wicked hit theaters on Nov. 22.Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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