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Recent Examples of religiousness
There's a sort of a natural world religiousness or spirituality or philosophy that swells around a lot of things and different characters.
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Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Jan. 2026
Key measures of religiousness have remained remarkably stable since 2020, according to recent Pew Research Center polling.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Jan. 2026
Key measures of religiousness have remained remarkably stable since 2020, according to recent Pew Research Center polling.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for religiousness
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Trump in his remarks boasted of returning religion back to the center of American politics and culture, emphasizing efforts to support prayer in school, policies targeting transgender people and the creation of a White House faith office, among other actions.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to the lawsuit, students were not required to take bags, and Robinson offered bags that accommodated other religions or did not include religious messages.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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If this devoutness doesn’t come easy to him, that’s the point, conveyed with surprising humor and accumulating force.—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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That the museum aims to present a multifaceted picture of shtetl life — one that emphasizes piety, creativity and familial bonds alongside loss — is essential, said Steven Zipperstein, a Stanford University historian of Judaism and Jewish culture.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Sato Reang has an idyllic childhood until his father forces into him into a life of Islamic piety.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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But after Barnes shared footage of the birds cuddling in a nest box, chasing off rivals, and committing to each other with unmistakable devotion, the internet quickly embraced the unlikely couple as feathery rom-com leads.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Teddy, meanwhile, has gone all in on his devotion to Jonathan, while still playing the dutiful son for Roper.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Religiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/religiousness. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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