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creed

[kreed] / krid /


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Years ago, speaking to a group of eager young originalists, I was asked whether I considered myself a true adherent to their creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The new prime minister looked at ease making an argument and articulating his political creed.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

That creed is certainly still part of the ideological atmosphere in this country, but multiple generations of Americans since the 1960s have grown up surrounded by contrary evidence.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

The astronaut creed instructs space crews to “launch as friends and land as friends.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation, or social conditions. My aim is to do equal and exact justice among them all.”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

For decades Auroville held fast to its lofty ideals as a self-governing haven for yoga enthusiasts and seekers of spiritual freedom of "all creeds and nationalities".

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The “antique religions,” Robertson Smith wrote, weren’t built on beliefs and creeds but “institutions and practices” that created a “solidarity of the gods and their worshippers as part of one organic society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Compromise and consensus — the animating creeds of our commonweal — have ebbed away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025

It uses a notoriously vague and bureaucratic 14-factor test, which includes things like regular worship services, established creeds, and an ordained clergy.

From Slate ● May 22, 2025

I watched him closely that night, and to me it seemed he was trying to live in both worlds, to be a loyal adherent to all creeds.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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