inerrant

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Recent Examples of inerrant Robinson was a devoutly Protestant academic who believed in the Bible’s inerrant truth. Andrew Lawler, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022 Its author, Harold Lindsell, a seminary professor and the powerful editor of Christianity Today magazine, warned that evangelical progressives no longer believed that the Bible was the inerrant word of God. Diana Butler Bass, CNN, 17 June 2021 Luther believed that Scripture is inerrant and intelligible. Stefan Beck, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021 He was taught that a lustful glance or a sip of wine would result in perpetual torment, and that the Quran was the literal and inerrant word of God; because the Quran didn’t mention dinosaurs, dinosaurs had never existed. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
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Adjective
  • The private school, Feather River Adventist School, is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, part of the Protestant Christian denomination whose followers believe the Bible is the infallible word of God and in the second coming of Christ.
    Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Over jackets, over dresses, over other sweaters or even over your favorite coat, the simplest and most everyday action becomes an infallible trick to elevate an outfit.
    Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, there’s no easy way and there’s no perfect way to do that.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Hamels, Hernández and Lester pitched no-hitters — and Hernández’s was perfect.
    Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, a foolproof test for fake wine remains a far-off idea.
    Chris Hall, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Homemade foolproof fudge can be stored in the freezer, wrapped and sealed tightly in freezer safe plastic wrap or a container, for up to three months.
    Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The film’s blistering opening salvo, a frenetic shootout designed to introduce us to Fok’s unerring dedication to old-school law enforcement, sees the camera adopt Fok’s POV for much of the action.
    James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But the development is less iterative, and not just because a novel needs a different kind of pacing, a need that Buzzati meets with unerring judgment.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Inerrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inerrant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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