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Recent Examples of apostasy
For religious Jews, the establishment of a state prior to the arrival of the Messiah was an apostasy.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
Betrayal, vengeance, invective, and apostasy: these are constants in the turmoil and carnival of American political history.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In a political party that has evolved into a personality cult, her apostasy resides in her refusal to worship its leader and in her defense of the Constitution.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
Medieval Islamic laws, such as capital punishment for apostasy, are used to give an appearance of authoritative piety in present times.
—Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
Betrayal, vengeance, invective, and apostasy: these are constants in the turmoil and carnival of American political history.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In a political party that has evolved into a personality cult, her apostasy resides in her refusal to worship its leader and in her defense of the Constitution.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
Medieval Islamic laws, such as capital punishment for apostasy, are used to give an appearance of authoritative piety in present times.
—Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostasy
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In New York, the schism between boss Chickie and underboss Vince widens.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Thompson said that the pope has contributed to a major schism among Catholics, with more conservative members dismissing his progressive stances on LGBTQ rights and the environment and more liberal members calling him out for not shifting the church's stance on reproductive rights.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Live Colorado election results for the 2024 election Boebert’s defection from the 3rd Congressional District created a stir in a part of the state where the Republican candidate is usually a shoo-in.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris, meanwhile, has worked to stave off defections from the left over her support for arming Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.Brian Bennett / Washington, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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It was also conveyed that India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
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That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
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In the documentary, Stewart suggested that the infidelity reports were true.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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All of a sudden, the conversation is no longer about newfound infidelity rumors but about how Mia waited three years to play that card.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Though neither Kempe nor Joan knew how to read and write, both found ways to make their voices heard, the former by dictating her story to a scribe and the latter by testifying at her 1431 heresy trial.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Joan was tried by a pro-English court for heresy in 1431, where she was found guilty.Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.Outside Online, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
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The misconception that working harder could prevent or treat depression may further stigmatize those who are affected and discourage them from seeking treatment.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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One common misconception is that mixing uppers and downers, like MDMA and ketamine, will balance each other out.Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Apostasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostasy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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