in the belief that

idiom

: believing that
She bought the rug in the belief that it was a real antique, not a fake.

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After an initial hostage deal in November 2023 failed to yield a wider breakthrough, people gradually began to question whether Netanyahu’s primary interest was to prolong the war in the belief that doing so might be the best way to save his political career and revive his assault on the judiciary. Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025 Floridians are unified in the belief that our natural resources, healthy communities and thriving economy are interdependent and protecting what makes our state so special must be a top priority. Dawn Shirreffs, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 At this point, there was a consensus in the belief that all enterprise applications would go to the public cloud. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 Many analysts are still bullish on Tesla, and are doubling down on their investments in the belief that the company's fundamentals will result in upward movement in the longer term. Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the belief that

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“In the belief that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20belief%20that. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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