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the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group Jefferson's collected writings constitute his political testament

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Recent Examples of testament His life was a testament to resilience, creativity, and boundless love. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024 And this trio of military moments is a testament to that. Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024 This image serves as a testament to Amedy’s courage, determination and unwavering spirit. Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024 In this region, the symbiotic relationship between horse and rider is a testament to centuries-old tradition and mastery. Marco Palermo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for testament 
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Noun
  • The recent studies of asteroid and comet material add to the evidence that the first steps of the assembly process happen in space—and happen very readily.
    Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
  • No reasonable fact-finder could find in Debtor’s favor on the justification issue based on the evidence presented on the Motion.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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  • In his first term, Trump helped form conservative majorities in six federal appellate courts and entrenched a conservative judiciary at the nation’s highest court that embraced originalist legal philosophies held closely by stalwart figures such as Scalia.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • At the heart of this evolution is Aspen, an iconic North American halo market, where W Aspen is showcasing an elevated food and beverage philosophy as a cornerstone of its next chapter.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The legal proceedings against the Tate brothers are civil matters, which carries a lower standard of proof than criminal cases.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Boosters nevertheless clung to citrus and its markers — the smell of orange blossoms, the crate labels with idyllic scenes of Old California — as proof of our subtropical paradise.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • The Cold War doctrine of deterrence, known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), assumes that rational actors will make rational decisions to prevent nuclear catastrophe.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • But the scare device also contradicts the fashionable, secular ancestor-worship that replaces Christian doctrine for black progressives.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Qualcomm supplemented this with video testimony of Arm depositions that appeared to show contradictions in previous Arm testimony and documentation from the first two days.
    Jim McGregor, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • School voucher rhetoric has shifted, deliberately, from talk about freedom and choice to the language of the culture wars, painting public schools as indoctrinating students in far left radicalism and gender ideology.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Most of what’s in the film, especially the crimes and insidious ideology Mathews espoused, is, unfortunately, factual.
    Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • To wit, a New York Times article from 1893 notes the earliest documentation of the tradition in New York City, where German immigrants would gather among one another for the New Year over food and drinks and spread kisses and hugs throughout the crowds.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Given this is a tough story tied to the atrocities committed at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where 55 bodies of young people were exhumed on the grounds and documentation and where relentless abuse occurred, showing moments of beauty and love were essential, Ross said.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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  • Short, personalized clips of customer testimonials and how-to instructions—as well as feature, advantage and benefit descriptions delivered through websites, email and social media—will be pivotal.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The annual gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts always features personalized tributes with performances and testimonials from fellow artists.
    Ashraf Khalil and Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Testament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testament. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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