as in to dissuade
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Recent Examples of secularize
Yet for all the rejoicing, American society continues to secularize.
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Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
Early campaigns for financial reorganization gave way to ambitious attempts to secularize the inhabitants of monastic houses on a scale unseen in any other national church—with dramatic social as well as economic consequences.
—Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
Benedictines sympathize with the first two groups but tend to be more pessimistic about the prospects for national political or top-down solutions while the culture continues to secularize.
—Damon Linker, The Week, 13 July 2021
In the 1920s, the Mexican government’s attempt to secularize the country sparks a rebellion known as the Cristero War.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
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Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
Early campaigns for financial reorganization gave way to ambitious attempts to secularize the inhabitants of monastic houses on a scale unseen in any other national church—with dramatic social as well as economic consequences.
—Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
Benedictines sympathize with the first two groups but tend to be more pessimistic about the prospects for national political or top-down solutions while the culture continues to secularize.
—Damon Linker, The Week, 13 July 2021
In the 1920s, the Mexican government’s attempt to secularize the country sparks a rebellion known as the Cristero War.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secularize
dissuade
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White House officials say there isn’t an active effort underway to try and remove Powell, a longstanding Trump fixation that advisers have dissuaded him from pursuing due to significant concerns over legal constraints and market reaction.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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The presence of heavily armed Iranian proxies did not dissuade Israel from striking: Lebanese Hezbollah stayed on the sidelines when Israel launched its attack on Iran.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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“Secularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secularize. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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