belief
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It’s an old-school way of thinking for the modern era — a belief that the work should be taken seriously but without ever letting the viewer in on how intensely he’s considering it.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Zionism is the belief in the right to a Jewish homeland.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Many people report barriers such as lack of confidence, uncertainty about how to start, fear of injury or the belief that gyms are not for them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Filmmakers Jack Auen and Kevin Walker — who operate under the name Cosmic Salon — make movies in the belief that intellectual pursuits can be both exciting and cinematic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
My own belief was that the ’armony ’ad got into his ’ead.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
This week underscored the challenge the New York City mayor faces in hewing to those deeply held beliefs and appeasing his political base while governing the nation’s largest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Among its provisions, that law requires parental notification and consent, with an opt-out option, before students participate in surveys asking about sensitive private information such as religious beliefs, sexual behavior or mental health problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In addition to being ideologically divided, young men and women have vastly different beliefs about religion and gender.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
As speculation swirled about why employees at OpenAI and Anthropic were speaking so freely about their personal beliefs, Korbak jumped into the public discourse.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
First, Galileo lived in a culture where even the most authoritative beliefs could be questioned—this was the legacy of Columbus.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing belief
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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