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also heretic
as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
the belief that women should be allowed to have careers outside the home was once considered heretical
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His recommendations for how to make up for pandemic losses are, unsurprisingly, mildly heretical.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 18 July 2024
Some Muslim groups consider the prospect of a female imam leading men in prayer within a mosque as heretical.
—John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024
This is why Big Trouble is known for breaking boundaries, as its works exist in a dimension where heretical physics, impossible colors, and unnamable emotions collide to create captivating experiences.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
As a young man, he was expelled from Amsterdam’s Jewish community for his heretical views on God and the Bible.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 18 July 2024
Some Muslim groups consider the prospect of a female imam leading men in prayer within a mosque as heretical.
—John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024
This is why Big Trouble is known for breaking boundaries, as its works exist in a dimension where heretical physics, impossible colors, and unnamable emotions collide to create captivating experiences.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
As a young man, he was expelled from Amsterdam’s Jewish community for his heretical views on God and the Bible.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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The Biden administration Friday unleashed sanctions on more than 500 Russian targets to mark the two-year anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine and in response to the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
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O’Brien also calls for the US to more aggressively support foreign dissident movements that threaten these rival governments.Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
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The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
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This novel design and other touches are the creations of General Motor's design team of five women, led by two who came to GM with unconventional backgrounds.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Under this new gallery model, Fitzpatrick will remain based in Paris and mount exhibitions at unconventional venues in Paris and around the world.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2023 Heidi Klum as a worm in 2022 Arguably her most out-there costume to date, Klum showed up at her annual Halloween party as a giant worm.Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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David and Nathan Zellner are hot off the success of their out-there Big Foot comedy Sasquash Sunset, which starred Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, both unrecognizable under their hairy costumes.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Heretical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretical. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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