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not involving religion or religious matters
that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
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Recent Examples of secular
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
The Ferndale location will be repurposed for secular use effective Monday.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
Ledger gave us a Joker for this millennium, and turned the character into a mythical figure, like secular Satan, whose story Hollywood is addicted to retelling, for better or worse.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
The Ferndale location will be repurposed for secular use effective Monday.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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Murphy probably shouldn’t have returned to such close geographic and temporal proximity to the tremendous The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story — and, indeed, the two shows have many points of overlap, all of which favor American Crime Story.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
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Additionally, temporal control techniques like pausing before responding or speaking at a moderate pace can demonstrate thoughtfulness and composure.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In layman’s terms, with the hair follicle destroyed, hair cannot grow.Iman Balagam, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
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The second event — explained in layman’s terms — is when a tiny bit of the sun, plasma and magnetic fields, is ejected.Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
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About twice as many nonreligious voters as religious voters rate it the most important issue.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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The project now relies more on forest thinning and less on methods that, to a layperson, can look much like clear-cuts.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Secular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secular. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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