evangelical

variants also evangelic

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Recent Examples of evangelical And many others have publicly announced their conversions and released evangelical music with mixed results. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025 During the pandemic, Kirk founded Turning Point Faith, which fused his evangelical beliefs into the movement, reflecting young conservatives’ increasing turn towards religion. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Stephen is known for his outspoken evangelical Christian views and political activism, which have occasionally sparked public backlash. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Despite Republican efforts to identify their party with Israel and to tag Democrats as providing aid and comfort to its enemies, younger evangelical Christians are breaking with their parents on the issue, seeing Israel as an oppressor rather than as a victim. David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evangelical
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Adjective
  • The missionary, a pilot for the evangelical group Serving in Mission, was reportedly taken north toward an area controlled by an ISIS offshoot.
    Greg Wehner , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Yang portrayed doomed missionary John Allen Chau in Last Days, the indie drama directed by Justin Lin that debuted at Sundance earlier this year.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Could Trump’s pastoral critics ultimately face the same frivolous yet burdensome investigations that now plague his political critics?
    Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Same-sex desire also appears throughout Virgil’s pastoral poems, the Eclogues.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To that end, the WTO has convened a group of nearly 70 members to negotiate a landmark e‑commerce agreement — the first of its kind — with a first phase expected by the March 2026 ministerial conference.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan’s congress.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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