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Recent Examples of fundamentalist
Becoming fundamentalist Katie, who asked that her last name not to be published for privacy concerns, was born in Texas, deep in the Bible Belt of the Southern United States.
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Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.
—Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
And speaking of God, Heather has been teasing a spooky urban legend all episode about a Mormon fundamentalist who, rumor has it, disappeared into the valley to basically hunt good-time girls.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.
—Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
And speaking of God, Heather has been teasing a spooky urban legend all episode about a Mormon fundamentalist who, rumor has it, disappeared into the valley to basically hunt good-time girls.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamentalist
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There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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Philosophical critics and subsequent scientific inquiry heaped doubt on Kant’s objectivism, and advancing secularism rendered for many his theist explanation for the morally reasoning immortal soul somewhat antique.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
13 Feb. 2023
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That title goes to the government of messianic zealots, Arab-hating nationalists and anti-modern ultra-Orthodox Israelis put together by Netanyahu to keep himself in power.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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His detractors call him a zealot.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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These are artifacts for cultists, to be sure, but how big is the clique that has been waiting to hear all this unvaulted material?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Fundamentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundamentalist. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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