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heretical

[huh-ret-i-kuhl] / həˈrɛt ɪ kəl /


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She also realized something heretical: She was painfully bored playing with her kids on the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

That view isn’t especially heretical among some Fed watchers, given disagreements about the role the Fed’s balance sheet plays in the markets.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

Call me heretical, but sometimes I feel that way about L.A.’s palm trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

In this regard, she and Helaena hew closer to traditional medieval mysticism, which did not typically use sex for religious emancipation, rather than the practices ascribed to some of the more esoteric heretical sects.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

She could be his solid land in the tumultuous seas of his heretical thoughts.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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