credo

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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

You also note that throughout the book you explore an eighth credo, the divide between "grace" and "nature" that "distinguishes and creates a hierarchy between humans and the rest of the planet."

From Salon • May 26, 2025

He gives the example of the space marines, who live by the credo "they shall know no fear".

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

Initially, Powell had said that the first glimmers of inflation appeared “likely to pass through fairly quickly without the need for a monetary policy response” — the very credo of Camp Transitory.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

By translating credo into the English first person plural, we believe, the Church no longer reminds the listener that he is alone.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez