believer
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believers
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someone who has confidence in the truth, existence, or reliability of something.
I am a firm believer that evolution happened the way that evolutionary biologists describe.
The team’s offensive coordinator is a big believer in the run game versus the passing game.
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someone who has or professes faith in something, especially a religion.
The church has grown from a handful of believers, meeting in the pastor’s living room, to a congregation now in excess of 1,000.
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A believer is a follower of a particular religion or spiritual practice. Whether you are a Hindu, a Pagan, or a Catholic, you can call yourself a believer. Most believers have specific religious beliefs, but you can be a secular believer as well — for example, you might be a firm believer in socialist economic policies or a believer in the benefits of homeschooling. Basically, anyone who holds a strong belief in the truth of something is a believer. The verb believe is at the heart of believer, and it stems from the Old English belyfan, "to believe."
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If you’re a believer that the artificial-intelligence trade has more room to run, there are a number of cheap stocks out there — including some big names.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The daughter of another medbed believer recalled her mother’s words: We won’t have those aches and pains anymore; your dad’s heart will be better.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Beyond the hardheaded negotiating, Emanuel says he’s also a great believer in serendipity—and in showing up every day to stay in the fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The German stressed he was "always a believer in the positive things", but tellingly also referred to the pursuit as a "long fight".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
During these walks she has never said anything that was not strictly orthodox, but then, neither have I. She may be a real believer, a Handmaid in more than name.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Other times, I was interviewing believers and, more often, their bewildered loved ones.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It concluded the slump was caused when believers in the Dow Theory of technical analysis all sold at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
With Austin and his talented friends serving as the early believers, Miller is trying to build a program from the ground up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“We are believers in the reindustrialization of America,” Robotti said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The answer to this question is the record of the believers themselves.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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