mahatma

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Recent Examples of mahatma But a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in a Delhi park seemed girded for the struggle ahead: Antipollution campaigners had fitted the mahatma with a respirator mask. Brook Larmer, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mahatma
Noun
  • The image serves as evidence that Parks, who was born in 1913 and lived to 92, was a true yogi.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Thematic fashion stories and product photography captured at the hotel will live on the Michael Kors website and in emails, while the brand’s social account will feature additional Ibiza insights, including interviews with local talents from a ceramic artist to a local yogi.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.
    Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
Noun
  • As anti-aging gurus will tell you, collagen is a large molecule that help gives skin its firm, smooth appearance.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Meghan McCain and Bethenny Frankel are criticizing the aspiring lifestyle guru as Mindy Kaling defended misconceptions surrounding her friend in a recent interview.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.
    Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.
    Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021
Noun
  • Zafir, a rabbi and a member of the Vizhnitz community, was returning home from a wedding in Monsey, N.Y., according to multiple reports.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Fans quickly fell in love with Nobody Wants This when the rom-com series launched in September and introduced the world to filter-free podcast host Joanne (Kristen Bell) and the hot rabbi who steals her heart, Noah (Brody).
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Although other Russian intellectuals have called for Ukraine’s incorporation into the Russian Federation, none have done so for quite so long, or with such a murderous tone, as Dugin.
    James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Labor strikes were secured from every sector of the economy, the diaspora sustained its solidarity with unrelenting protests across the globe, and internationally, politicians, celebrities, business leaders, intellectuals, artists, musicians, and others were outspoken in their support.
    Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Despite also being the planet that rules over transportation, Mercury is most often referred to as the planet of intellect.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This movement made known the intellect and talent of Black people and influenced future movements demanding the equal rights that Black people deserved.
    Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Mahatma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mahatma. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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