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1
to regard as right or true
- only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal
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- set store by
- (or set store on)
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2
to have as an opinion
- despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"
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“Believe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believe. Accessed 2 Jul. 2022.
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