secular
Example Sentences
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Copper began its secular bull market only as recently as this month!
From Barron's
The director, 44, grew up in a secular home in Norway, but her film about this radical American sect is strikingly earnest.
From Los Angeles Times
His Marat has the “seraphic countenance” and clear skin, Mr. Crow tells us, of a “secular martyr.”
The findings raise the possibility that renewed involvement in religious organizations or even secular community groups might help counter rising mortality rates.
From Science Daily
In a secular age, it takes real effort to imagine the terror of sin that motivated people like Perpetua, but it is crucial to understanding the resolve she showed in that arena.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.