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also evangelic
as in missionary
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Recent Examples of evangelical
Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.
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Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
But this week, internet pundits seemed to believe the Rapture, an event that some evangelical Christians believe would basically mark the end of human history, would be taking place.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the Rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his Second Coming.
—C. A. Bridges, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his second coming.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
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Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
But this week, internet pundits seemed to believe the Rapture, an event that some evangelical Christians believe would basically mark the end of human history, would be taking place.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the Rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his Second Coming.
—C. A. Bridges, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his second coming.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
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The book is narrated by a young journalist, interviewing an elderly woman about her life as a missionary teacher in 1930s Jaffa.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The governor and first lady Maria Lee, both devout Christians, have been involved in missionary work and have helped refugees in the Nashville area.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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For observers, even small clerical mistakes take on larger meaning in cases already testing public faith in the department’s competence, neutrality and independence from political influence.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a clip shared on social media, Black, dressed in his clerical garb, is seen being struck by the pepper ball and collapsing on the ground as others come to his aid.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Police described Waller as a community member who was known to visit patients under a pastoral role.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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The production, which toured the country, made its debut just after the Civil War, when its pastoral setting and evocation of the Founding may have soothed audiences still scarred by sectional conflict.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Wingtech Chairman Zhang Xuezheng had been immediately suspended from his roles as executive director of Nexperia Holdings and nonexecutive director of Nexperia after the ministerial order, according to the filing.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans Party and who harbours his own presidential ambitions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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