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credo

[kree-doh, kray-] / ˈkri doʊ, ˈkreɪ- /
NOUN
belief
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“I lived by the union credo: Whenever we get a pay raise, always take half and save the rest,” Barath said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

It also updated the principles that make up the “Novo Way,” the company’s longstanding internal credo, to focus on customers, competitiveness and speed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

In many ways, this could be Byrd’s eternal credo.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

The fact that it was a parlor game, not pointillism, that inspired the lyric is proof of Sondheim’s credo that “playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

To support this credo, he submitted a goodly number of original drawings and oil paintings.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

These include its “language of righteousness, of piety, of guilt, of sin,” along with “orthodoxies, credos, purity tests and jargon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Here’s a look at crackpot credos that flourished and foundered in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Then: Protests fueled by Christian credos with a soundtrack of gospel music and spirituals.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2020

Rogers and Kennedy made empathy central to their credos, yet as both documentaries make perfectly clear, there was nothing wishy-washy about them.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2018

These he obtained, and Don Quixote busied himself by concocting the enchanted liquor over the fire, saying over it many credos and paternosters.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence




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