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Recent Examples on the Web Intraparty democracy sounds like the kind of pious demand that gives democratic theorists a bad name among hard-nosed politicians. Jan-Werner Müller, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2022 When Forbes visited him at Trump Tower a few months later, on a day that coincided with a huge crowd heavy on pious Latinos waiting to see Pope Francis parade by, Trump was booed loudly. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 By 2014, pious Hindus had defected in large numbers to the BJP. Dan Slater, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2019 Modi’s ability to win the support of both aspirational young voters attracted to his dynamism and pious Hindu voters who support cultural majoritarianism delivered him the election. Dan Slater, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2019 See all Example Sentences for pious 

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“Pious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pious. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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