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a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism
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As Clemens and the artist clung to each other on the Telfar TV stage, surveying the room from the center of it all, the credo of the day came into full focus: energized, jubilant, and bracing for an exciting future.
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Sam Falb, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Horowitz cultivates these credos in his clients, yet his usual practice is to wrest books from the grip of one, bestow them into the hands of another, then wrest them back for a third.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This, in all its nihilistic disregard for anything and anyone other than his own interests, is Trump’s personal credo.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
The brand credo is to bring max style and quality with mini prices and tight collections.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Sam Falb, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Horowitz cultivates these credos in his clients, yet his usual practice is to wrest books from the grip of one, bestow them into the hands of another, then wrest them back for a third.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This, in all its nihilistic disregard for anything and anyone other than his own interests, is Trump’s personal credo.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
The brand credo is to bring max style and quality with mini prices and tight collections.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Singapore is a land of many religions, but everyone seems to go about their business.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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For the many who have claimed Christmas as their time to embrace family just a little tighter regardless of their religion, blessings to you, too.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
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In his first term, Trump helped form conservative majorities in six federal appellate courts and entrenched a conservative judiciary at the nation’s highest court that embraced originalist legal philosophies held closely by stalwart figures such as Scalia.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
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At the heart of this evolution is Aspen, an iconic North American halo market, where W Aspen is showcasing an elevated food and beverage philosophy as a cornerstone of its next chapter.Caroline Tell, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Community — about a group of students of varying ages at Greendale Community College — originally ran from 2009 to 2015, and gained a cult following.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
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Nearly 30 years after Adam Sandler’s golf comedy Happy Gilmore became a cult classic, the beloved character is making a triumphant return in the Netflix sequel, Happy Gilmore 2.Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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School voucher rhetoric has shifted, deliberately, from talk about freedom and choice to the language of the culture wars, painting public schools as indoctrinating students in far left radicalism and gender ideology.Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most of what’s in the film, especially the crimes and insidious ideology Mathews espoused, is, unfortunately, factual.Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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While both works are certainly about Christmas, the songs' lighthearted jazz has permeated pop culture to a point that nearly all of us can enjoy them, regardless of faith or creed.Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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And yet through it all, their loyalty to Cora has been their clearest creed.Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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The Cold War doctrine of deterrence, known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), assumes that rational actors will make rational decisions to prevent nuclear catastrophe.Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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But the scare device also contradicts the fashionable, secular ancestor-worship that replaces Christian doctrine for black progressives.Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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