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as in religion
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism
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Recent Examples of credo
He’s pointed to his new role in claiming to be one of the president’s attorneys – flouting Justice Department credo to serve as the people’s lawyers.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency invokes the same credo of optimization that gave us soft skills in the first place.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Sanctions on the Central Bank of Russia, Singh believed, would put Biden’s credo into action.
—Edward Fishman, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency invokes the same credo of optimization that gave us soft skills in the first place.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Sanctions on the Central Bank of Russia, Singh believed, would put Biden’s credo into action.
—Edward Fishman, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credo
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Books The Faithless Generation Paul Baumann Traditional religion thrives in stable communities, not a world where innovators aim to ‘break things.’ Books Lies, Damned Lies, and Ideology John O’Sullivan The ideological lie persists, demanding compulsion to enforce its vision.—
Mary Katharine Ham,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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Huge ideas concerning faith and religion also don’t amount to much.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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That rapid transformation is embedded in one business philosophy of Hart’s: flexibility.—
Xandra Harbet,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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That same philosophy also guides our thinking beyond individual stocks.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Several of these involve a furtive religious cult known as the Scars — its adherents have a way of pussyfooting through the forest and doing absolutely horrible things to nonbelievers.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Lottie can’t fall through the branches of the pit, survives years out in the Wilderness, sets up her very own cult and then dies when an angry 17-year-old shoves her.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in Conclave, the dean of cardinals who navigates the process, which involves the examination of different ideologies and the eventual selection of a new pope that comes with a major plot twist.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Their choices and ideologies take them far apart from each other.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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For its 38,000 citizens, and the many visitors that travel to the second smallest country in the world, Mammon may appear to be the ruling creed.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
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The basis of the American creed is that all of us are created equal, not that we are created alike.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Church doctrine calls for the pope to be buried four to six days after his death, unless there are extenuating circumstances.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Church doctrine calls for the pope to be buried four to six days after his death; the timing of Francis’ funeral has yet to be announced.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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