atheist

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Recent Examples of atheist Omagh said that as an atheist and member of an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan known as the Hazara, returning home under the rule of the Taliban would mean death. arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025 Male atheists can be differentiated from Christians on the basis of facial cues. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024 After all, Isaacs was raised Jewish though concedes today to being a sort of spiritual atheist. Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025 The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, includes 32 plaintiffs from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds—including Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics, and Indigenous community members. Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for atheist
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infidel
Noun
  • Crowds of armed men thronged the streets in several Syrian cities, chanting for the blood of infidels.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
  • But the belief is part of the reason that the Druze have been branded by Islamic militants as infidels.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 6 May 2025

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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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