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Adjective
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The president appoints one of the lay members for a five-year term, and the remaining members serve for six-year terms.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Apr. 2025 -
Tagle, who was also removed from his role, had been nominally president but was not involved in the day-to-day operations, which were overseen by a lay director-general.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2024
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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As de Kort tells Live Science, these treasures were buried in several deposits that might have constituted offerings to a pagan god—possibly Wodan, the Germanic persona of the Norse god Odin.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article New York lawmakers are brokering a deal that would delay and weaken educational requirements for religious schools — a major setback for yeshiva reform advocates who believe all students should receive some secular instruction, the Daily News has learned.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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Furthermore, protesting in the streets is not violence, calling for peace in Palestine is not extremism, and thinking that a secular state of Israel is the best way to attain a peaceful accommodation in Palestine is not anti-Jewish.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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But a public school system could not authorize a daily prayer even if voluntary and nondenominational.—
Sophie Hills,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 Apr. 2025
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Jakes shared the change during a sermon at the nondenominational church on April 27.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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In many states, laws are on the books that require charter schools to be run in a nonsectarian way.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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The key difference is charter schools are privately operated, with most states, including Oklahoma, requiring they are run in a nonsectarian way.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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Although the Inouye Solar Telescope began operating from its perch on the Hawaiian volcano Haleakala in 2022, the addition of its latest key piece of equipment provides a major boost to its spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution to the most powerful telescope of its kind in the world.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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All the while, amid this cultural and temporal span, Moss has been stepping out in looks that speak to her expansive and most dominant role—as a style icon across multiple eras.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Nonclerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonclerical. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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