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credo

[kree-doh, kray-] / ˈkri doʊ, ˈkreɪ- /
NOUN
belief
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Glaser’s aesthetic credo for the venue was appropriately grandiose: “A journey to the promised land, an adventure in imagination, the pursuit of the unexpected.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Irving calls this decade a time to continue to contribute, and he’s living that credo.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

In many ways, this could be Byrd’s eternal credo.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

If David Nihill was a philosopher, his credo might be “I digress, therefore I am.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

His answer seemed like a credo any educator could use.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

These include its “language of righteousness, of piety, of guilt, of sin,” along with “orthodoxies, credos, purity tests and jargon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

There are credos that both teams have been oft-repeating for the last few days.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

“Less is more” was famously one of the composer Stephen Sondheim’s aesthetic credos.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

Here’s a look at crackpot credos that flourished and foundered in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Then, recovering his stoical bearing, which for a moment had been shaken, he submitted himself calmly to his fate, - while the Spaniards, gathering around, muttered their credos for the salvation of his soul!

From History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas by William Hickling Prescott




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