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Adjective
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Some cross-cultural psychologists point to Eastern collectivism and Western individualism to explain such results, but Frank remains agnostic.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Bravo superfan Seth Rogen as well as his friend who seems pretty agnostic, Rose Byrne.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Stocks like Palantir , for which three or one rate cuts mean nothing in the face of their ties to artificial intelligence and other secular trends, were sold heavily Tuesday and into Wednesday’s session.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Researchers in Israel have found that ultra-Orthodox Jewish adolescents tend to fall asleep earlier and maintain more regular sleep schedules than their secular peers.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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On the fateful day that inbound Soviet bombers filled the skies above America with godless communism, the horizontal Bomarc missiles would literally become erect, and fire vertically.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Here, Lispector offers a counter to the godless existentialism of Sartre, which reduces one to a purposeless, directionless, and isolated state.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While paella has traveled far beyond Spain’s borders—often in versions that are blasphemous to the locals—this region is its ancestral home.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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John Cena is again suiting up as Peacemaker for season two of his irreverent, standalone HBO Max series after making a cameo in James Gunn’s Superman film.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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That likeminded spirit was what attracted Sheetz, a convenience store brand that operates its own irreverent social presence, to promote its recent partnership with Liquid Death, Ryan Sheetz, executive vice president of marketing and supply chain at Sheetz, told Marketing Brew.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These statements were heretical in Athens, where Anaxagoras lived.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
20 Aug. 2025
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Church leaders understood these views to be heretical or pagan, reflecting pride and a lack of gratitude to God.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Atheistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheistic. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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