apostatizing

present participle of apostatize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatizing
Verb
  • In response to these changes, a growing number of disenchanted people are taking the leap and renouncing their phones altogether.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Tomorrow belonged to individuals who broke the rules, forsaking protocol to act inventively.
    Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Real estate may be the basis of all wealth, but a growing number of millionaires are forsaking homeownership and renting their residences instead.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cursing his creator for abandoning him, the Creature seeks his revenge.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The pair reportedly fell into the street, with Bohler abandoning his motorcycle and fleeing the scene on foot.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins did approve the group's referendum petition this week after initially rejecting it.
    Savannah Hawley-Bates, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Miller says that rejecting God, as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche warned, ultimately leads to rejecting the value of human life.
    Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In June, the King spoke about the possibility of abdicating to make way for his daughter.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This isn't about abdicating responsibility.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Per the trailer, the duo decide that her hair must go and end up shaving it off — a drastic change that Stone embraced, cutting off her naturally blond locks for the role.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It was recently revealed that Andrew lied about cutting off his relationship with Epstein.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Apostatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatizing. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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