as in temporal
not involving religion or religious matters
that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
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Recent Examples of secular
Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Islamists and Marxists joined together to overthrow a secular, modernizing monarchy that had made equality for women touchstone for the nation's progress.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
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Adjective
Underlying Fuller’s bull case on Instacart is its leadership in grocery delivery, which like ridesharing is an area of secular growth.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Islamists and Marxists joined together to overthrow a secular, modernizing monarchy that had made equality for women touchstone for the nation's progress.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
There was a change of heart among the secular nationalists during the second intifada—which started in 2000 and ended in 2005—in which seculars also joined forces.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secular
Adjective
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And though Chen maneuvers every temporal and geographical shift, efforts to convey the political context of each new era can outweigh character development, undercutting the emotional breadth this story carries.—
Kayla Maiuri,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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For leaders, introducing intentional financial, temporal, or otherwise constraints can reignite creativity and urgency within stagnant teams.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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His seductive and affable manner of describing the essence of a budding romance in layman’s terms is inviting.—
Priscella Vega,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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In layman’s terms, there are fewer entry points for threat actors since Meet operates entirely in your browser (on the desktop).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But nonreligious ideologies generally yield less durable relationships.—
Christopher Blair,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Oct. 2020
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What many of us nonreligious Americans do take issue with are religious displays that are sanctioned or funded by the government, or when one group is given preferential treatment over the rest of us.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The forms are deceptively simple — a designer will spot the genius in them, but a layperson may not understand why pedestrian objects like a toaster, egg cup or sink may merit inclusion in a museum show.—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Dental personnel can use these tools to magnify on the computer screen the problem areas so they can be pointed out to a layperson.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Secular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secular. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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