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also evangelic
as in missionary
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Recent Examples of evangelical
Costa interviews eminent subjects on both sides of the ideological divide, including current president Lula, former president Bolsonaro, and evangelical minister (and Bolsonaro ally) Silas Malafaia.
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
The past decade of partisan politics has badly fractured the evangelical world.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
World Vision, an evangelical group, has given tens of millions of people access to clean water and found donors to sponsor hungry children.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
But some evangelical leaders are speaking out against both policies, even though Trump has enjoyed broad support from the evangelical community.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
The past decade of partisan politics has badly fractured the evangelical world.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
World Vision, an evangelical group, has given tens of millions of people access to clean water and found donors to sponsor hungry children.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
But some evangelical leaders are speaking out against both policies, even though Trump has enjoyed broad support from the evangelical community.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 6 Feb. 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
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Meanwhile, episcopal courts also worked to punish clerical figures involved in the upheaval.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Mar. 2025
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But the invasion that Saddam launched in September 1980 had the unintended effect of strengthening Iran’s new clerical regime.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Stay Here: Twin Farms in Barnard is planted on a 300-acre pastoral estate, and offers 28 cottages and suites (each individually decorated).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, too, this is the same man who grew up on pastoral Oregon farmland, pushing himself on pre-dawn lifts, who nearly hyperventilated in the shower before one freshman-year playoff game at Crescent Valley.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the city’s initial ministerial review in 2020, the developer was asked to confirm that the science and research uses would generate up to 3,540 ADT, and that accessory retail and service uses would be non-trip generating and therefore not count against the square footage.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Syrians are also wary of the promises of inclusivity coming from a government led by Mr. al-Shara’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has given government and ministerial positions to its own loyalists.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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