anathema
Example Sentences
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"The path to rebuilding the right can only happen with the broadest possible spirit of unity, without exclusion and without anathema," he writes.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Commercials were anathema to Hastings, but Netflix has now built an ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
District Judge William G. Young, a Ronald Reagan appointee, recently pointed out that use of masked law enforcement officers had long been considered anathema to American ideals.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
It said any suggestion of targeting families would be "anathema" to its members and that it had attended at the schools to hand out leaflets – which it said was a "legitimate campaigning activity".
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
Trades where you fork over 2 percent a year just to be in them were anathema.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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