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I think the minute you say something even slightly off accepted orthodox, they want you destroyed.

I write with Sacha and write ordinary scripted narrative comedy films as well, and it’s insane the amount of effort you put into writing a scene for an “orthodox” movie.

According to orthodox quantum theory, the cat is neither dead nor alive until we open the box and observe the system.

This new form of populist, semi-authoritarian right is the political camp that has backed Netanyahu, along with ultra-orthodox parties.

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The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.

Ben is not Orthodox or particularly committed to adhering to traditional Jewish laws.

I mean my background weighed heavily, because I was brought up in this orthodox way.

Certainly, other communities—ultra-Orthodox Jews, for example—are fretting about members who go online, and then astray.

Most Allentown residents of Syrian heritage are Orthodox Christians from the Wadi-al-Nasara region in western Homs province.

A burning controversy between the Averroists and the orthodox schoolmen.

Lady Maude sat alone in her room; the white robes upon her, the orthodox veil, meant to shade her fair face thrown back from it.

Each essays to think, appear and speak as nearly according to the orthodox standard of Womanhood as possible.

Or were they merely orthodox through a more uneven balancing of their qualities, the animal in abeyance?

I rather fear, major, that your method of comforting me is not what the missionary would call orthodox.

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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orthodox, such as: according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, and buttoned-down.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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