the Bible

noun

: the book of sacred writings used in the Christian religion

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In addition, educators will teach how the Bible shaped history and literature over the centuries. Rachel Royster. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026 On the court, the nickname goes back to the 1930s, when journalists evoked the Bible’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as a way of describing the four hard-core conservative justices who blocked progressive legislation for years. Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Instead, Chavez and Della Valle pored over passages from the Bible together. Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026 But this divine similarity evidently did nothing to preclude slavery, patriarchy, and the many other social hierarchies depicted elsewhere in the Bible. Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Bible

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“The Bible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Bible. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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