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holiness

[hoh-lee-nis] / ˈhoʊ li nɪs /


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Miya Ando, an artist who was permitted to come in person to select her piece of steel for a London memorial, remembers a sense of holiness within the hangar.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

It’s been feeling practically biblical around here lately — and it’s not the feeling of holiness.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

From Slate May 15, 2024

It’s an elegiac relationship, compounded by the recent passing of my grandmother, who embodied holiness and unadulterated love in every sense.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

“With so much holiness bumping up against other holiness, doesn't it seem strange Jerusalem would have had so much fighting?” she said.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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