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also evangelic
as in missionary
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Recent Examples of evangelical
McKinney grew up attending an evangelical church in Texas where she was taught that her tendency to gossip would keep her from holiness.
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
His defense of biblical inerrancy against the modernism of mainstream Bible scholars had laid the intellectual foundation for the future of evangelical Protestantism.
—Austin Steelman / Made By History, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Putin deputized the Russian Orthodox Church to nurture relations with like-minded churches in the West, including evangelical ones in the United States.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump has garnered significant support among evangelical and conservative Christians, with the Associated Press reporting that about 8 in 10 white evangelicals supported him in 2020 and in 2024.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
His defense of biblical inerrancy against the modernism of mainstream Bible scholars had laid the intellectual foundation for the future of evangelical Protestantism.
—Austin Steelman / Made By History, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Putin deputized the Russian Orthodox Church to nurture relations with like-minded churches in the West, including evangelical ones in the United States.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump has garnered significant support among evangelical and conservative Christians, with the Associated Press reporting that about 8 in 10 white evangelicals supported him in 2020 and in 2024.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
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In 1832, the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a missionary living with the Cherokee Nation for refusing to take an oath to obey the laws of Georgia.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
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This year’s theme is A Heart for the Harvest and will feature four missionary families representing Namibia, Portugal, South Africa and South Sudan.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Even if a student were to change the gender on their birth certificate they wouldn’t be allowed to play, because state law only recognizes changes to birth certificates that result from clerical error.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This joint ministerial decision was designed to lend legitimacy to the process established under the EU-Turkey deal, but was mired in logistical and legal challenges.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Their efforts were undermined by regular flux at ministerial level, with the UK having had four prime ministers in as many years.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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