belief
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Our belief in work as, in Tocqueville’s words, “a necessary, natural and honest condition of humanity” is no longer a tacit assumption but a disputed viewpoint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
All the better to seed the belief that we’re about to experience something dreamy and convulsive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The level of belief in such “fixes” has become more pronounced in just the several weeks since this film was released.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Certain ozone-depleting chemicals can still be used as feedstocks to produce other materials, based on the belief that only a tiny fraction, about 0.5 percent, would escape into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
The core belief of anarchism is that government is oppressive and that people will be free only when they can govern themselves directly.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing belief
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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