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gentile

[jen-tahyl] / ˈdʒɛn taɪl /


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Noah was initially written to be a lot more like Tikhman, leaving Levitan unsure whether the stakes between a Jew and gentile who fall in love were high enough for a TV audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

Now, because it occurs around the biggest holiday here for our gentile friends, we make a much bigger deal out of it.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

“We reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

As he crossed the goal line, Singleton slowed to a gentile walk, barely leapt off the ground to chest-bump a teammate and lightly tossed the ball to an official.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

Her clothes were a kind of shibboleth to me; they signaled that she was not a gentile, and for a few hours I felt less alone.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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