apostatized

Definition of apostatizednext
past tense of apostatize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatized
Verb
  • Should the chain of citizenship break somewhere along the line, however, where an ancestor renounced their citizenship, rights to Canadian citizenship end there.
    Vivian Song, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The German Jews were the founders of American Reform Judaism, which renounced dietary laws, bar mitzvahs, and Zionism.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • And major medical groups have repudiated conversion therapy as ineffective and harmful.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The post was quickly repudiated.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Most carriers, especially in the United States, have abandoned this risk-management practice.
    ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The secretary has abandoned yet another guardrail by effectively including God in his anti-Iranian war chest.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Tobolowsky previously rejected motions from other Gateway elders, ruling that the suit was not a religious issue and could be handled in secular court.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • My first preference was always the path of diplomacy, yet the regime continued their relentless quest for nuclear weapons and rejected every attempt at an agreement.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.
    David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Everyone is looking for the next Sam Darnold, and there might not be a better candidate than Jones — the 2021 first-round pick disowned by a team in the AFC East only to spend a year with the 49ers before blossoming elsewhere.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Responsibility cannot be lost; it can only be abdicated.
    Rich Harwood, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That means 4 out of every 5 fellow citizens of our state abdicated their civic responsibility.
    Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Trump has spurned Zelenskyy’s offer of help for the United States and its Persian Gulf partners in fighting Iranian drones.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Police are investigating it as an overdose, spurned by the mistaken purchase of fentanyl instead of a different white powdery substance.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The perch is a little too small for bigger birds like mourning doves, and my voracious flock of starlings is often cut off.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Resistance is likely to be strongest among European governments, still shocked by Beijing’s threats last year to cut off supplies of rare earths — essential for clean tech — and worried about further hollowing out their own green industries.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Apostatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatized. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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