fundamentalist
Example Sentences
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The family rose to fame via “19 Kids and Counting,” a long-running TLC reality series about a fundamentalist Christian family who homeschooled their children and disavowed birth control and kissing before marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The robust ecosystem that arose in objection to network and cable’s unholiness moved Netflix, Amazon and Fox to claim slices of the underserved fundamentalist market.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Despite his fundamentalist beliefs, Khamenei was a nimble politician.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
A former member of the jihadist group told reporters in 2019 that they were originally funded by a military intelligence unit to propagate a fundamentalist ideology in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic eastern province.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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