believer
Americannoun
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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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“He is a passionate believer in fair play and honesty and has no room for dishonesty or deception in any aspect of life,” Barker continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"I'm a strong believer in the technology," says Hasa.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“If you’re a believer in the AI trade, if you’re a believer in the re-industrialization and the remilitarization trade, the Japanese stock market offers a lot of these,” the strategist said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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
Before he died, Cesare Pavese, believer in the Great Manifesto, wrote, “We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the faint image of a human figure and has long been associated by some believers with the burial of Jesus.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
I discussed lizard people and societal collapse with true believers.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Because their play Sunday could buckle the resolve of even true believers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Since leaving the administration last summer, Parker has delivered a series of lectures at Christian conferences encouraging believers to “redeem the technology for the good and flourishing of society.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
It turned us into a platoon of believers.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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