take as gospel

Example Sentences

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Whether you like to set New Year’s resolutions, goals or intentions, or simply are thinking about how to take care of yourself a bit better in 2024, there are two popular numbers I recommend you don’t take as gospel, and three small but potentially mighty pieces of advice to help support your health and well-being.

From Seattle Times

“What they show makes sense to me — that the frequency and intensity of these events is increasing — even if I wouldn’t take as gospel the exact numbers,” Bond said.

From Seattle Times

Whether she stays at Trump Tower to see Barron through fourth grade, or eighth grade, the disruption she wreaks upon the city are a millstone that all New Yorkers, even privileged ones, must carry until it becomes yet another thing – like the inevitability of Trump’s presidency ushering in the apocalypse – that we take as gospel.

From The Guardian

Here I must insert my standard disclaimer: Do not take as gospel anyone’s predictions this year, including mine.

From Washington Post

Once Mr. Ventura listened to the score and read the script, he discovered something that fans of Rodgers and Hammerstein take as gospel.

From New York Times