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Recent Examples of evangelical
Since 1982 the home at the university, which is one of the most powerful cultural institutions in the right-wing evangelical movement, has housed women with unplanned pregnancies.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 July 2025
His replacement, Johnnie Moore, is an evangelical Christian and public relations executive with no experience in humanitarian work, who has openly backed plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
What truly reshaped my thinking was hearing personal stories from pro-life evangelical women who have had abortions.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Wilson grew up in the town, where his father was an evangelical minister.
—Samuel Perry, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 July 2025
His replacement, Johnnie Moore, is an evangelical Christian and public relations executive with no experience in humanitarian work, who has openly backed plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
What truly reshaped my thinking was hearing personal stories from pro-life evangelical women who have had abortions.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Wilson grew up in the town, where his father was an evangelical minister.
—Samuel Perry, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
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Central among them are questions about the role of women, the exercise of power in the church hierarchy and the move to a more missionary church that gets out of its comfort zone.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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Early missionaries to modern times As European countries began to explore the New World, missionary priests took their place on ships sent from Catholic countries, like Spain and Portugal.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Now, different South Carolina officials and agencies are pointing fingers at each other over what appear to have been two clerical errors that led to gaps in Dickey's record.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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Though Guidepost’s report and court filings in Hunt’s case referred to Womack with a pseudonym, a momentary clerical error left her name unredacted in a court document.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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On the one hand, the World Bank is supporting stronger pastoral systems, which are diverse and regenerative.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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These attitudes extended to pastoral leadership as well.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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But a final decision to proceed and commit to the mission will not be made before the space agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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Today, Dassault hopes to cash in its experience chips for VORTEX, which has received €30 million (US$35 million) from the French Ministry of Armed Forces, with hopes for more support from ESA later this year after the agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
David Szondy
June 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2025
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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