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secular

[sek-yuh-ler] / ˈsɛk jə lər /


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Pope's have regularly visited France, a country with an avowedly secular modern political history but deep Catholic roots.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

In a culture of aggregation and AI summary, the stiffest original thinking still feels as supple as a tone poem, and genuine intellectual ambition akin to a secular miracle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Feliz Solomon and Shoshanna Solomon report on how a movement that views its mission as transcending secular laws is testing the limits of Israel’s pro-settler government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Most but not all businesses in Jewish areas of Jerusalem are closed on Saturday but the Sabbath is observed differently around Israel, with much of largely secular Tel Aviv open.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

My education may have made it inevitable that I would become a citizen of the secular city, but I have come to embrace the city’s values: social mobility; pluralism; egalitarianism; self-reliance.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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