commandment
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Xiang joked that she was following the first commandment of going analog: “Touch grass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Do we still, even in the faintest way, hear that Surrealist commandment: “Transform the world, change life”?
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
The environmental commandment that asserts that killing trees is wrong has become a harmful truism that disguises the tree’s photosynthetic magic.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
That was the name of the game, the simple commandment many adhere to no matter which age you stick on the mitts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
These were the very Orthodox, and they obeyed literally the Biblical commandment And ye shall look upon it, which pertains to the fringes.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
For example, the first of the commandments given to Moses by Yahweh demands that the Hebrews “have no other gods before me.”
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Father Ioann adds that he is a Christian pacifist whose moral views are entirely based on the commandments of the Gospel and canons of the Russian Orthodox Church.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2022
Savoring good prose is not just a more effective way to develop a writerly ear than obeying a set of commandments; it’s a more inviting one.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing commandment
Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 5–7
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