vocation
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Unflappably brilliant and sincere in her vocation, she proves that faith in action can be both serious and great fun to watch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The encyclical praises entrepreneurial initiative as a worthy vocation and recognizes the enormous potential of innovation to alleviate suffering and expand opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
For Crouse, the musical is about many things: music itself, of course, but also vocation, integrity and faith: “There was a lot for them to get their teeth into in terms of a story.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
And business is a real vocation for a lot of people.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
In fact, Babi thought that the one thing the communists had done right—or at least intended to—ironically, was in the field of education, the vocation from which they had fired him.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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