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belief

[bih-leef] / bɪˈlif /




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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




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