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as in loyal
firm in one's allegiance to someone or something
fans of the Chicago Cubs are famously faithful
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as in accurate
following an original exactly
a faithful filming of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island
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as in cooperative
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as in loyalist
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Recent Examples of faithful
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
The Jayhawks faithful didn't have much to cheer for last season after finishing the 2024 campaign at just 5-7.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
This insistence on being faithful to Gotouge’s vision — while admirable — also means that the titular Demon Slayer is barely in the first hour or so, and his sister, Nezuko isn’t in the film at all, aside from one quick aside.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
A day before the stadium concert, a sellout of 52,000, the Oasis faithful queued up for 90 minutes or more at a pop-up store on Milwaukee Avenue about seven miles from the stadium to buy all manner of merch — track jackets and bucket hats, especially.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
The Jayhawks faithful didn't have much to cheer for last season after finishing the 2024 campaign at just 5-7.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
The performance began with an arrangement fairly faithful to Isbell’s original, with Boone accompanied by just an acoustic guitar.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
This insistence on being faithful to Gotouge’s vision — while admirable — also means that the titular Demon Slayer is barely in the first hour or so, and his sister, Nezuko isn’t in the film at all, aside from one quick aside.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithful
Adjective
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Somehow, the upper hand never lingers long with Sally and Barnaby, drolly played by Gunning and Corden as a conniving Tweedledee and Tweedledum, loyal to no one and convinced their venality is justified by their father’s history of terrible parenting.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the last two prime ministers, Lecornu has been a loyal lieutenant at the center of the president’s project in government, Lazar said.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those physically-accurate models in the digital twin of the data center function exactly like their physical counterparts in the real world.—
Marco Chiappetta,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The goal, administration officials said on a call with reporters Tuesday morning, is to use laws that are already on the books to ensure people receive transparent, accurate information about drugs, especially potential risk factors.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Buoyed by membership growth, the local grocery cooperative has been eyeing five sites for possible expansion, including one in Northwest Meridian, Senior Marketing Director Tyler Schnur told the Idaho Statesman in March.—
Rose Evans
September 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
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Additional perspectives from the kibbutz come from several members of the cooperative’s security team and the wife of its security lead.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Critics say appointing a Macron loyalist on such a day amounts to a baptism of fire for Lecornu.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Macron loyalist Lecornu entered politics at 19, becoming the country’s youngest parliamentary assistant.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Our administration must remain steadfast in ensuring that those who put in the work receive the benefits of their efforts.—
Ruth Vitale,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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The engineering professor is steadfast that nearly all jobs will be taken over by AI—even most of the ones that have a special human touch, like teachers and car drivers.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Early in the novel, Harold points out that authors are constantly looking for ways to bury their true beliefs in their text, rather than state them outright.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Like many Stephen King stories, the truest horrors are the ones that exist in reality.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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People were going out to commune and be around other people.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Herculine follows a young trans woman who decides to fight her malaise—and her demonic visions—by joining her ex’s trans girl commune in rural Indiana.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To maintain tanks’ relevance, Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have covered them in different configurations of armor as ad hoc solutions to rapidly shifting tactics.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed soldiers had been sent to the area, per the BBC.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Faithful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithful. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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