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Recent Examples of atheism
And there will also be those who are very religious about their atheism.
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Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
In their public rhetoric, the couple also adopted the discourse of televangelists after professing their atheism for many years.
—Gioconda Belli, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2018
Look, $100 million on initiatives like expanding atheism in Nepal.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Among his biggest criticisms is the discovery that a $500,000 grant to a humanist group may have been misused to promote atheism in Nepal and Asia while it was intended to promote religious freedom.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
In their public rhetoric, the couple also adopted the discourse of televangelists after professing their atheism for many years.
—Gioconda Belli, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2018
Look, $100 million on initiatives like expanding atheism in Nepal.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Among his biggest criticisms is the discovery that a $500,000 grant to a humanist group may have been misused to promote atheism in Nepal and Asia while it was intended to promote religious freedom.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheism
Noun
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In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2025
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But this isn’t new: Environmentalists have had a deep legacy of inattention, or agnosticism, to the question of race.—
Jerel Ezell,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This problem of unbelief has plagued reformers for decades.—
Ervand Abrahamian,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2016
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The historical abnormality of modern-day unbelief was a theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the years before, during, and after his pontificate.—
Katherine Howell,
National Review,
30 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Many who were freed expressed shock and disbelief that they had been exchanged.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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And yet that scene, as well as the long mourning period Mahnaz goes through afterwards, is followed by several more melodramatic twists in a scenario that requires a certain level of disbelief.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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There were doubts Florida would ever consistently make the playoffs, let alone be annual Stanley Cup contenders.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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There is little doubt about where Fils will want to play.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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