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Definition of deadly sin
: one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth held to be fatal to spiritual progress
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Recent Examples on the Web The car is green, so any interior color other than brown should be considered one of the seven deadly sins.
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Car and Driver, "How We'd Spec It: 2020 Ferrari Roma," 25 Apr. 2020 And so the first domino falls in a trail that will eventually lead to multiple crimes, uncountable misdemeanors, and at least six of the seven deadly sins.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Hugh Jackman aces a school scandal in HBO’s acid satire Bad Education: Review," 24 Apr. 2020 The Enneagram itself has ancient, but murky, roots: Some adherents trace it back to a 4th century monk and the same underlying concept as the seven deadly sins.
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Los Angeles Times, "The Enneagram is having a moment. You can thank millennials," 22 Apr. 2020 In the eyes of the drug industry, however, the Arnolds’ deadliest sin comes in the form of grants worth $19.1 million to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
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Lev Facher, Scientific American, "How a Billionaire Couple Greased the Skids for Nancy Pelosi’s Drug-Pricing Bill," 27 Nov. 2019 Robbie Williams sang at Deutsche Bank’s global equities party in 2001 while a Bloomberg event in 2000, based around the seven deadly sins, was said to have cost £1m (then nearly $1.5m).
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The Economist, "Bartleby Let them eat Christmas cake," 1 Dec. 2019 In the eyes of the drug industry, however, the Arnolds’ deadliest sin comes in the form of grants worth $19.1 million to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
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Lev Facher, Scientific American, "How a Billionaire Couple Greased the Skids for Nancy Pelosi’s Drug-Pricing Bill," 27 Nov. 2019 These days, the seven deadly sins are not all so sinful.
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Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, "The Service That Makes Shame a Productivity Hack," 2 Dec. 2019 In the eyes of the drug industry, however, the Arnolds’ deadliest sin comes in the form of grants worth $19.1 million to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
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Lev Facher, Scientific American, "How a Billionaire Couple Greased the Skids for Nancy Pelosi’s Drug-Pricing Bill," 27 Nov. 2019
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