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Recent Examples of catechism
Memoir To Give a Name To It Navneet Alang
A collection of baby names is like a taxonomy of hope, a kind of catechism for future lives scattered over the horizon.
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
The funny play, which was first performed 31 years ago, is a mix of catechism class and stand-up comedy, set in a 1950s or 1960s Catholic school.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Their efforts also dovetailed with the censorious culture driven by the woke catechism of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that shut down debate on college campuses, cultural forums, and even journalistic outlets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
His default stance is the scientist’s catechism: More research is needed.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2024
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
The funny play, which was first performed 31 years ago, is a mix of catechism class and stand-up comedy, set in a 1950s or 1960s Catholic school.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Their efforts also dovetailed with the censorious culture driven by the woke catechism of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that shut down debate on college campuses, cultural forums, and even journalistic outlets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
His default stance is the scientist’s catechism: More research is needed.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catechism
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The 19-year-old underwent an exam at a hospital and Gray’s DNA was found on her, according to prosecutors.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2025
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The future telescope’s resolution should be high enough to pass a no-glasses eye exam in New York City if the chart of letters were placed in Los Angeles.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
28 May 2025
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The detection of a prostate nodule likely happened during a digital rectal examination (DRE).—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Unfortunately, some doctors are forgoing critical examination and relying only on the blood test.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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The test cleared by the FDA is likely to attract a much broader audience.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
21 May 2025
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The test works by measuring proteins beta-amyloid and p-tau217, which are believed to be hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Crowdsourcing the emergence In recent years, citizen scientists – members of the public collecting data for scientific research – have revolutionized mapping efforts, using apps and the internet.—
Chris Simon,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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Another research on the UTMath benchmark, which frames each problem as a suite of unit tests across 1,053 challenges, found the best models solving just 32.57% of cases — roughly one in three — reinforcing Yip’s sentiment.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Last year, the department paid out nearly $1 million to settle with a man who said that, over the course of a 17-hour interrogation, officers coerced him into confessing to a murder that never took place.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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The comments on Kobayashi’s posts are still publicly accessible, though some social media users have turned them into something more closely resembling an interrogation room.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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Update to the latest version to see all Vogue content, as well as new features like our Runway Genius quiz, Group Chats, and posts from Vogue contributors.—
Alexandra Macon,
Vogue,
25 May 2025
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Here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for the week of May 18 to 24.—
Grace Miserocchi,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The Oklahoma Department of Education and Walters' office did not respond to an inquiry from USA TODAY.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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But the teacher who wrote the Sept. 27, 2023, email included student names, and the teacher who wrote the Nov. 1, 2023 email provided student names in response to an inquiry by Williams-James, the two teachers told The Bee.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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Yet Bongino's post on X announced that case was part of a new probe.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Section 301 allows the president to conduct investigations on trading partners and impose tariffs at the conclusion of the probe.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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“Catechism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechism. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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