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Recent Examples of apostatize
Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples.
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Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
In one of the more powerful sequences, three older men are hung from crosses positioned deep in the ocean’s waters — the thrashing waves killing them slowly for their refusal to apostatize.
—Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
In one of the more powerful sequences, three older men are hung from crosses positioned deep in the ocean’s waters — the thrashing waves killing them slowly for their refusal to apostatize.
—Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatize
Verb
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Hamas members who renounce violence will be granted amnesty or safe passage, while those who continue resistance will be excluded from Gaza’s future governance.—
Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hamas has yet to accept key parts of that proposal, to include renouncing power and giving up all its arms.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The drama is set in the mid-1990s and follows a pivotal day in the life of Murphy’s eponymous character and his students amidst a world that has forsaken them.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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But for the past few decades the message to young people was to urge them to forsake manual labor jobs for a college degree.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The goal here should always be peace, and peace will require repudiating the most extreme voices on either side of this conflict.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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The state argued those practices are harmful, and medical organizations such the American Psychological Association have also repudiated the practice.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Teachers, students, and parents alike rejected the $850 million effort.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As well as finding comfort on arrival, Smith is determined that those who move on do not feel abandoned.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The novel can get busy—Taylor introduces each of Wyeth’s studio mates in the first chapter, then all but abandons half of them to squeeze in more significant characters—but there’s a warmth in the overcrowding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Will Hamas abdicate any role in the future governance of Palestinians?—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s plan calls for Hamas to lay down its arms, leave the Gaza Strip and abdicate any role in a future government in Gaza.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Extended family members of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller are disowning him, according to his cousin.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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This followed revelations from the Mail on Sunday that Ferguson apologized to Epstein just weeks after publicly disowning him in 2011.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Sep. 2025
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Staff at The Free Press are eager to start working with CBS News; reporter Olivia Reingold appeared on CBS News Friday morning to discuss her report that anonymous NYPD officers had been threatening to quit the force if Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Apparently, many workers crash out and quit on the third Wednesday at the job.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Apostatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatize. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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