original sin

Example Sentences

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This soul-gnawing anxiety is not original sin in the Christian sense, even if it functions in much the same way.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

Stop's Mr Cahn says that "original sin" of predictive policing is "biased historical data".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

Looking back on the long arc of Pitchfork’s maturation, it’s hard not to see Santarpia’s comment as the original sin of this corporate takeover.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2024

“The original sin here was not factoring in what Loberg’s workload was,” said Gerstein of Gotham Ghostwriters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023

For medieval Christians, the existence of such a chain of humans provided a most powerful and original understanding of original sin.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee