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or laic
as in irreligious
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Adjective
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025 -
Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Harley-Davidson — The motorcycle maker fell 4% after Morgan Stanley cut it to underweight from equal weight, citing lower pricing power and weak secular trends.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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Most other units have been affected by secular pressures on theatrical moviegoing and linear TV viewing.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Delbarton publicly acknowledged in 2018 that at least 30 men had come forward with allegations that, over three decades, 13 past or current priests and monks at the school had victimized them — in addition to a lay faculty member who is now retired.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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The meaning is not something that a lay person can necessarily intuit.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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From pagan spirits to Wonder Woman, take a look at a brief history of this holiday’s costumes.—
Sarah Hutter,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Both Leader and Walton’s works saw a rise in popularity in the 70s as many women became interested in pagan religions, which often depicted female mythological figures as powerful and complex.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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His stories, particularly the later ones, center around the idea that the Universe is a godless cosmos that is entirely indifferent to humanity.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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Predictably, the hubbub surrounding the photo was eventually framed as a war between uptight virgins and godless heathens, with a quieter contingent astounded only by the fact that this kind of marketing could still be so effective.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Aside from the large stones, Kinstone also has a labyrinth and a nondenominational chapel.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The nondenominational churches share the same name: The River.—
Scott Wartman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most of the scholars Wiese discusses were rabbis, whether more traditional ones or proponents of radical reform, and this reflects the degree to which secular Jewish Studies, housed in nonsectarian universities, took longer to develop.—
Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Dalai Lama’s nonsectarian vision and unifying presence has helped Tibetans in exile avoid the fate of many diaspora communities that fall apart from internal strife, tribal loyalties, and turf wars.—
Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The novella lacks the temporal markers that indicate how much time has passed between episodes and exhibits an abundance of characters with ruptured psyches.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Integrative regions such as the temporal poles and insular cortex allow both positive and negative events to fit together, potentially into a framework that facilitates long-term well-being.—
Anthony Vaccaro,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Laical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laical. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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