adherent
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As Ms. Hall puts it, Medea “sees herself as the agent of Zeus’ justice and an adherent of divine rather than human law.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Fellow Rand adherent Martin Anderson recruited Greenspan as an advisor to Richard M. Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
An adherent of Wahhabism, a conservative and fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam, he hopes to rally a population exhausted by over a decade of conflict.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
By the end of the trial, 14 patients had been fully adherent, six were semi-adherent and only one was non-adherent.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
I watched him closely that night, and to me it seemed he was trying to live in both worlds, to be a loyal adherent to all creeds.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Things Fall Apart
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