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creed

[kreed] / krid /


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

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

That creed is certainly still part of the ideological atmosphere in this country, but multiple generations of Americans since the 1960s have grown up surrounded by contrary evidence.

From Salon May 31, 2026

The astronaut creed instructs space crews to “launch as friends and land as friends.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Some 14,200 were given out nationally for the 2021-22 school year, each disk sporting the same raised design and creed as the medal I received nearly 60 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Failing a quiz did nothing to undermine my new devotion to an old creed, but a lecture on Western art did.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

The phrase, of disputed origin, is used to suggest a commonality between people of all creeds and races, a suggestion that people are all the same under the skin.

From BBC Sep. 18, 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

“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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