rite

Example Sentences

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It is a status symbol, rite of passage and phantom limb wrapped into one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

It is almost a rite of passage for a successful England team to first suffer a chastening Calcutta Cup loss at Murrayfield.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Year-end tax planning is an annual rite at accounting and advisory firms like CBIZ, said Mark Baran, a managing director in the firm’s national tax office.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

It’s a rite of passage, a sort of welcoming into the family.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

I hope I dont have to rite to much of these progris ri- ports because it takes along time and I get to sleep very late and Im tired at werk in the morning.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes