1
as in to accept
to regard as right or true
only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal
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2
as in to think
to have as an opinion
despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"
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Recent Examples of believe
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you because the media is lying to you.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Human remains found in Washingston are believed to be a man wanted for the deaths of his three daughters.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
The researchers believe that after sustaining their injuries, the pterosaurs fell into the lagoon and drowned in the waves, falling to the seabed where mud stirred up by the storm rapidly buried them.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Iglesias believes the success of Catalan films comes from specificity.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Human remains found in Washingston are believed to be a man wanted for the deaths of his three daughters.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
The researchers believe that after sustaining their injuries, the pterosaurs fell into the lagoon and drowned in the waves, falling to the seabed where mud stirred up by the storm rapidly buried them.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Iglesias believes the success of Catalan films comes from specificity.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for believe
Verb
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The bid was accepted by the club, but ultimately fell through.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This could be relevant to ongoing efforts to determine whether sensory experiences during breastfeeding can influence how readily infants accept new foods upon weaning, and perhaps even their later food preferences.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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But Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect who spent forty-three years working on the Sagrada Família, did not think that his work should compete with God’s, so the basilica will remain a few feet lower than the iconic peak of Montjuïc.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pür’s multitasking powder is infused with a host of skincare-grade ingredients to help blur and minimize texture—think retinol, lactic acid, and antioxidants.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some leaders and business development professionals get ahead of themselves, trying to show benefits without fully understanding the pain points and issues affecting their teams, leads and customers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Finding additional examples could help astronomers better understand how often such ejections occur and shed new light on the complex life cycles of the universe's smallest galaxies.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her patience is tested when Cliff obnoxiously tries to guess the name of her daughter — Dominique?—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Each of us takes about twenty thousand breaths every single day—twenty thousand chances for the air around us to either sustain life or to quietly harm it.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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MacDonald imagines Kirk looking down from a window in Heaven as his children grow up, and the right unites to avenge his death.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.—
Barry Gelman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Six cars, five trucks and 19 utility vehicles are on the list to be considered the best car, truck or utility vehicle of the year.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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The wood of sequoias is considered brittle, and few logs made it to the mill.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Believe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believe. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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