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congregation

[kong-gri-gay-shuhn] / ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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His congregation currently runs homes in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, housing around 1,300 people in total.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

She eventually rises from the dead and dances her way through the congregation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

One morning, I joined a small congregation of commuters attempting to convince the turnstiles that our phones were, in fact, perfectly legitimate fare payment.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Modern life turns out to be, among other things, a vast congregation of machines taking one another’s word for what time it is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

In less time than it took me to say the Lord’s Prayer, he had worked himself into a frenzy that sent the congregation to its feet, moaning their repentance and the ecstasy of redemption.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The laws primarily aim to spare congregations a fight at City Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The food bank was a success and still operates today, having unfortunately outlived two of the congregations that founded it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

And historian Dr Michael Lambert, from Lancaster University, argued that archives held privately by religious congregations could help "unlock" important pieces of history.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

All these congregations, Mr. Huling writes, represent “parallel societies with their own sophisticated life-worlds.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

He believed that the congregations in his churches should be able to join in hymn-singing with confidence and enthusiasm, and this meant having easy-to-pick-up tunes to sing.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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