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creed

[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

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

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

While Mr. Perl-Rosenthal skillfully charts the public philosophy of the orators, the story feels somewhat incomplete without lingering on the man who effectively codified their dissent into a national creed.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Perhaps it was the old Jansenist antiscience creed that was building up in him, but for whatever the reason, Pascal’s newfound devotion led him to abandon mathematics and science altogether.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Judaism has its creeds and values, but the Jewish people are anything but a consensus-minded group of true believers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

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

Compromise and consensus — the animating creeds of our commonweal — have ebbed away.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

While watching children of all races and creeds play during recess, he recalled one of his earliest memories as the new kid.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2024

Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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