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Recent Examples of apostasy
This is the apostasy of the age, refusing to give these spiritually lost characters their proper complexity.
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Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
The field has spent their resources mainly to bring Braun down a peg and promote their candidacies, in particular seizing upon comments Braun made in 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd in which the senator appeared supportive of Black Lives Matter, a conservative apostasy.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 6 May 2024
For some Democrats, Mr. Lieberman’s support of McCain two years later went beyond independence to apostasy.
—Michael H. Brown, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.
—Arsalan Suleman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2017
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Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
The field has spent their resources mainly to bring Braun down a peg and promote their candidacies, in particular seizing upon comments Braun made in 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd in which the senator appeared supportive of Black Lives Matter, a conservative apostasy.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 6 May 2024
For some Democrats, Mr. Lieberman’s support of McCain two years later went beyond independence to apostasy.
—Michael H. Brown, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.
—Arsalan Suleman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostasy
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Even so, some observers see the schism as an opportunity to relitigate the relitigation.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unlike his isolated vote in 2006, the schism runs much deeper now.—
Frederic J. Frommer,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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Despite three tumultuous relocations in the past half-century, most recently a defection to Sin City five years ago, the Raiders still have a rabid fan base — at Allegiant, every game day is Halloween — and the natives and transplants (including 62,080 attendees Sunday) are getting restless.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Disney, Connolly’s defection came at a critical time, as the company was beginning its billion-dollar license renewal negotiations with YouTube — with Connolly as lead negotiator.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Left-wing ideology accounted for 65, with other motivations, like foreign nationalism, Islamism, and separatism, accounting for the rest.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Under Erdogan, Turkey has long supported different Islamist factions to further its strategic interests, especially the goal of countering Kurdish separatism on its southeastern periphery.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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Wilson cautions more work is needed to explain how exactly spin results after scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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Allen, 40, accused her ex-husband of infidelity in various capacities on the 14-track album.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The film centers on Smita, a small-town housewife whose seemingly ordinary life unravels into a narrative exploring infidelity, deceit and moral ambiguity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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A day that started all warm and quiet and cozy has now spiraled into screams of heresy and hearsay punctuated by occasional wrestling matches on the carpet.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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That large firms armed with experts would fall into the trap of bidding in auctions in which the winner is cursed to lose was major heresy to economists.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Serving as a subtle deviation from her black outfit, the shoes were crafted from espresso brown velvet.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The low numbers set by the cap are another deviation.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
9 Nov. 2025
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On one side the KC Reparations Coalition is preparing to launch a six-month public education campaign and raise $50,000 for a documentary that will confront misconceptions about reparations.—
J.M. Banks
November 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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These common laundry misconceptions might be standing between you and your freshest laundry ever.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Apostasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostasy. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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