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Recent Examples of nonreligious Some nonreligious customs of celebration include eating certain treats, giving children gifts of chocolate coins and playing with a dreidel. Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024 The move prompted a coalition of parents — Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious — to sue the state in federal court. Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 About twice as many nonreligious voters as religious voters rate it the most important issue. Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024 The following year, city and state education officials determined that 18 Hasidic yeshivas were not providing a basic nonreligious education. Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonreligious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonreligious
Adjective
  • At the same time, global polarization around topics like migration and climate change has only grown since 2013, showing the limits of his influence in secular life.
    Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The rumor that any secular art form was of the devil was easier to believe than a young Black man from Hazelhurst, Mississippi finding God through his guitar rather than the church.
    Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The camerlengo also administers the goods and temporal rights of the Holy See until a new pope is chosen.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike image or text generation, music operates within strict temporal and structural constraints.
    Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.
    Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Nonreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonreligious. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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