conviction
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"If someone joined in the 1920s or early 1930s, before Hitler came to power, it tends to indicate a conviction, that they really wanted to actively fight for the cause," said Spohr.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“The foundation of their happiness is Max’s suffering,” he says, adding that while the crime was local in the previous versions, Cady’s conviction had been a national sensation in this one.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
He was only released in 2020 after 17 years in jail, with his conviction finally quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2023.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“Investors’ conviction in a simple and powerful idea demonstrates the power of indexing.”
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
“Another minute, and she will despise me for a hypocrite,” thought I; and an impulse of fury against Reed, Brocklehurst, and Co. bounded in my pulses at the conviction.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing conviction
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Grade 9, List 1
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