denomination
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According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the worker’s Christian denomination celebrates the sabbath on Saturdays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Levy plays Nicky, a pastor at a sparsely attended suburban New Jersey church of no evident denomination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Neither of them made any substantive changes to core Roman Catholic doctrine, but when you’re the bishop of Rome and the head of the world’s largest single religious denomination, practice matters more than theory.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
But for High Priest Selah, of Antigua's Nyabinghi denomination of Rastafarians, memories of the harassment he and others once suffered still linger.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Grandpop made another huh sound, then told him to fold each stack of bills, by denomination, rubber-band them, and put them back in the box.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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The Bank said its inclusion added variety to the series, made the denominations easier to distinguish, and gave an opportunity to celebrate the British coastline.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The leaders of different Christian denominations briefly closed the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 2018 in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Catholicism is now listed under a single designation under Christianity without similar distinctions of their denominations.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Runners-up win smaller denominations of cash and prize packages.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
You kept close handsome sums of cash in small denominations.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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