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as in religion
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism
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Recent Examples of credo
Slow or no population growth is a long-standing credo in Marin and has been largely successful.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
The tragedy and division of the past year have shaken but not disrupted this belief—a belief core to my understanding of art, and something like a credo in the imagination of any writer.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
That simple statement became the credo of Sacks’s career.
—Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
David Livingstone, the famed nineteenth-century British missionary and explorer, summed up the United Kingdom’s imperial credo in three words: Christianity, commerce, and civilization.
—Caroline Elkins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
The tragedy and division of the past year have shaken but not disrupted this belief—a belief core to my understanding of art, and something like a credo in the imagination of any writer.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
That simple statement became the credo of Sacks’s career.
—Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
David Livingstone, the famed nineteenth-century British missionary and explorer, summed up the United Kingdom’s imperial credo in three words: Christianity, commerce, and civilization.
—Caroline Elkins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credo
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This week, West was hit with a fresh lawsuit from a Yeezy staffer who filed a complaint naming the company and rapper, stating that she was subjected to discrimination, harassment and retaliation because of her gender and Jewish religion.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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The shifting role of religion in this historic region is embodied in the monumental Hagia Sophia, perhaps Istanbul’s most famous landmark and tourist destination.—
Terri Colby,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The brand’s philosophy transcends product creation.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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The new economic philosophy that dominated during the Biden years emphasized demand over supply.—
Jason Furman,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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It’s gone on to become a cult classic and was selected to be preserved in the National Registry by the Library of Congress in 2017.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Rolf Olsen’s 1972 film Bloody Friday, another of the Retrospective films to enjoy enduring cult status in Germany, draws on some of the same political themes but filters them through the form of the exploitation genre.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders that respect biological reality in areas from medicine to sports to intimate spaces, and protect the right to speak about the harms of gender ideology.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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Any references to ‘women, female & equality’ removed from any .gov website were removed in the context of transgender/gender ideology.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, perhaps the only thing that binds people of all races, creeds, and colors together is the universal insistence that the end is nigh.—
George Pendle,
airmail.news,
8 Feb. 2025
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But envisioning those creeds stenciled into the end zones moves me to imagine a different kind of Super Bowl that might be played tomorrow.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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What Clarence Thomas Has Said on Obergefell Thomas, the court's most conservative judge, wrote in a dissenting opinion in Obergefell that the majority opinion stretched the doctrine of substantive due process rights found in the Fourteenth Amendment too far.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Christian doctrine teaches that at the end of time, God will restore each person’s body, reuniting it with their soul.—
Therese Cory,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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