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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

The cover of his book touts his grandfather’s credo of God first and family second.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Treating people based on their merits rather than their status or sensibilities is the renewed American credo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 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

All of these sports have their own history and methods; specific forms, procedures and even credos that those who take up the fight swear by.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025

“Less is more” was famously one of the composer Stephen Sondheim’s aesthetic credos.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Naturally much of the booksellers' wares was religious—paternosters, aves, credos, &c. chancel: the east end of a church in which is the altar, separated from the rest of the church by a screen or railings.

From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant




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