belief
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Certain ozone-depleting chemicals can still be used as feedstocks to produce other materials, based on the belief that only a tiny fraction, about 0.5 percent, would escape into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
"We showed absolute belief and will to fight our way back into the game."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
He defined liberty as “security,” or at least one’s belief that one is secure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
It might have been a belief that he wouldn’t get caught.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Whether he is sincere, it is a little hard to say: having emphasized his belief in miracles, he proceeds to make the concept of a miracle entirely subjective only a few paragraphs later.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing belief
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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