as in secular
not having or showing conviction about the existence of God
As she grew older, she began to question the religious teachings of her youth and became more agnostic.
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a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not
He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.
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Recent Examples of agnostic
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
The show stars Kristen Bell as Joanne, an agnostic podcaster in a romance with a rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody).
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Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2026
As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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This hardware-agnostic approach enables the company’s AI models to operate across different robotic platforms while accelerating adoption in manufacturing environments.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
The show stars Kristen Bell as Joanne, an agnostic podcaster in a romance with a rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody).
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Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
Noun
The exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2026
As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast.
—
Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Yet as the populations there shrink, populations are booming in less prosperous and less secular regions, including Africa and the Middle East.
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The encyclical has attracted serious attention from secular quarters as well.
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Among rarer varieties, Tavkveri deserves attention — a pale red from Kartli with spice, blue fruit and low alcohol around 12%, the kind of wine that converts skeptics without announcing itself.
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When the site went live in February 2011, skeptics weren’t hard to find.
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His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.
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But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.
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When Axsome went public in 2015, Wall Street was skeptical and the company’s stock puttered along under $10 for years.
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Contrary to what the public has been led to believe, America’s Founding Fathers were skeptical and anxious about democracy.
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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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