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as in religion
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism
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Recent Examples of credo
His screed resonates as a credo today: Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
The credo that the government should be run like a corporation is not new, and ICE has for years contracted with private corrections companies and welcomed private-sector expertise, even hiring McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, for an organizational makeover.
—Brent McDonald, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Such academic collaborations were not contradictory to the North Korean credo of Juche (self-reliance) but rather a means of furthering the resilience capacity of the country’s ecological system which inherently transcends borders.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Over subsequent decades, this credo would face challenges, including from New Deal–era progressives wary of rich men ascribing to charity what was properly the realm of the state and of McCarthyite conservatives targeting philanthropic foundations as part of anticommunist fearmongering.
—Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
The credo that the government should be run like a corporation is not new, and ICE has for years contracted with private corrections companies and welcomed private-sector expertise, even hiring McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, for an organizational makeover.
—Brent McDonald, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Such academic collaborations were not contradictory to the North Korean credo of Juche (self-reliance) but rather a means of furthering the resilience capacity of the country’s ecological system which inherently transcends borders.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Over subsequent decades, this credo would face challenges, including from New Deal–era progressives wary of rich men ascribing to charity what was properly the realm of the state and of McCarthyite conservatives targeting philanthropic foundations as part of anticommunist fearmongering.
—Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credo
Noun
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Football is a way of bringing people together irrespective of their faith, colour or religion and this disgusting decision does the exact opposite.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Meyer-Harley’s son has already begun working through his reading list, starting with by Madeleine L’Engle—a classic that has faced multiple challenges over the years due to its themes of magic and religion.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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This path instills our culture, standards and patient-first philosophy from the start.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Gen Z is developing a unique philosophy toward money and the future through crowdsourcing information online.—
Mark Davis,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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It was first canceled in September 2005 after just one season but amassed a cult following that sparked its revival season in December 2014.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Lawmakers and experts have argued over whether ideology played a role in the shootings.—
Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Democrats today are guided not by sober empiricism but by fanciful ideology.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Yet Weil would not surrender her conscience to any creed.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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So those would be classic reliance interests in the terms of the law, in terms of legal doctrine.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The doctrine instructs that an erroneous fact in a story is not, by itself, sufficient for a defamation claim.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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