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the Bible

noun

: the book of sacred writings used in the Christian religion

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In Fastvold’s case, that faith has nothing to do with the Bible, and everything to do with her steadfast belief in a better way of making films. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2025 Sifting the contradictions of the Bible can bring Jesus and Mary into sharper focus and illuminate their surprisingly human features. Diarmaid MacCulloch, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025 There’s a story in the Bible about the prophet Elijah eating a snack and taking a nap before his next battle. Essence, 25 Nov. 2025 When the First Amendment was written, the scholar Richard Brown has noted, only about a quarter of households owned a book besides the Bible and only half of the free white male population read newspapers. Richard Stengel, Time, 24 Nov. 2025 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 2 Dec. 2025.

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