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[kreed] / krid /


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The new prime minister looked at ease making an argument and articulating his political creed.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Instead of suffering through that, I watched people of every imaginable race, creed, sexual orientation and color enjoying life.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

At both events I found myself politely pushing back against assertions that America is best understood as a “creedal nation” and that the Declaration is the definitive statement of the American creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, defined America as dedicated to the Declaration’s creed that all men are created equal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The Handdara is a religion without institution, without priests, without hierarchy, without vows, without creed; I am still unable to say whether it has a God or not.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

For decades Auroville held fast to its lofty ideals as a self-governing haven for yoga enthusiasts and seekers of spiritual freedom of "all creeds and nationalities".

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The “antique religions,” Robertson Smith wrote, weren’t built on beliefs and creeds but “institutions and practices” that created a “solidarity of the gods and their worshippers as part of one organic society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It uses a notoriously vague and bureaucratic 14-factor test, which includes things like regular worship services, established creeds, and an ordained clergy.

From Slate ● May 22, 2025

It is a multi-cultural melting pot, in which people of all different creeds and colours meet every four years.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024

“The amazing thing about Miss Teen Dream is that it’s all about girls coming together — different races, creeds, ethnicities,” she said, looking from girl to girl with a reassuring smile.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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