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Recent Examples of apostasy
Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the church, like adultery or apostasy, which means renouncing the church and its beliefs.
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Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 16 Feb. 2026
Those who showed apostasy rarely got another assignment.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The diehard climate activists have an orthodoxy from which even the slightest deviation is apostasy.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 16 Feb. 2026
Those who showed apostasy rarely got another assignment.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The diehard climate activists have an orthodoxy from which even the slightest deviation is apostasy.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostasy
Noun
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But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 2020s members of GAFCON and GSFA moved toward what some have seen as a schism with the Church of England and the more liberal provinces of the Anglican Communion.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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As the 2026 tourney gets underway, the networks in the TNT Sports portfolio now reach a little under 60 million homes, and with an annual defection rate that’s been holding steady at 8%, CBS’ cable partners will likely land on the wrong side of 50 million subs by the end of 2027.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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In a sporting sense, the timing of this defection was significant.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Amid the Cold War, Indonesian leaders feared that an independent East Timor would fuel separatism and fall under communist influence.—
Agathe Demarolle,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
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The stance aligns with China’s own sensitivities over sovereignty and separatism.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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Wilson cautions more work is needed to explain how exactly spin results after scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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Burden’s family legacy was fractured by infidelity and a laissez faire attitude, at least in the public sphere, toward men behaving badly.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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During the documentary, the former couple also discussed Odom's infidelity.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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Any challenge to gun rights was immediate heresy, disqualifying in any measure.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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When something is so embedded in our routines, even a small shift can feel like heresy.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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By improving their algorithms and collecting more data, the team hopes to improve their measurements and possibly uncover deviations from existing theories.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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To anyone following the MAHA movement and the activities of the surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, these deviations will not be surprising.—
Christopher Duggan,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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Still, myths and misconceptions are persistent.—
Emily Maskell,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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The misconception is primarily because the budget is still listed as being in the billions.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Apostasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostasy. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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