lyceum

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 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 It was called the lyceum movement. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
  • Sonny Styles walked into an auditorium at the Washington Commanders’ headquarters on Friday afternoon and did something unusual for a new professional football player.
    Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Strange New Worlds castmembers Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding and Paul Wesley announced the return date and debuted the new season’s teaser trailer in front of a packed auditorium at the annual event in Mexico City.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Launched in 1996, the 2,100-square-foot rooftop garden grows herbs, fruits, vegetables, and edible blossoms without the use of herbicides or pesticides.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Calling it Riverbank, the couple lived on a lavish estate with farms, exotic animals, concrete sculptures, greenhouses, a Dutch windmill, a Japanese garden, science laboratories and more, according to the Preservation Partners.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Down the road, the American Royal plans to build an 80,000-square-foot learning center that will include a 750-seat amphitheater, interactive exhibits, cooking labs and galleries, according to the organization.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Sunset and sunrise are especially magical times to visit, but the walk and its surrounding parks are buzzing at all times of day thanks to an amphitheater, skate park, beach volleyball courts, and fishing pier.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Coming from the theater, Frank had an old-school approach to performance and atmosphere, while Eleanor, trained in social work and psychology, had an acute understanding of extreme human behavior in kids and adults.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • From the beginning, RTB has been a place where people come not just to watch theater, but to make it – together.
    Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kacey Musgraves will hit North American arenas this fall in support of her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, out Friday (May 1).
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When his [Pacquiao’s] face and name go on the screen, everybody in the arena and the stadium erupts.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The precinct included the Blackfriars playhouse, which Shakespeare part-owned.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But not just that, our theater and dance department, which is in the top five departments of the country, uses the playhouse as the experiential basis for our MFA program, so our students get trained there.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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