nonreligious

Example Sentences

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Another, who identified herself as nonreligious, said avoiding religion while studying historical events would be ridiculous because it was so central to the people participating in those historical events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Lamarck’s science was indeed revolutionary for its time, emphasizing nonreligious materialism and imagining a version of evolutionary change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” he wrote.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

Hell, we could even welcome some nonreligious private schools to “go public,” giving them the opportunity to attract a diverse student body to their particular approaches that seem popular.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

It is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the only popular nonreligious song of the early thirteenth century still known today: ‘Sumer is icumen in’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall