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Pious Muslims came in the 1920s, leaving Iran as the shah secularized the nation, including banning the headscarf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But blasphemy laws were gradually relaxed as Sweden became increasingly secularized.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Her argument is that in an increasingly secularized society — what’s recently been termed “dechurching” — human beings have assumed godlike power and responsibility, at least over their own bodies and identities.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

The ad stops just short of suggesting the bear has a direct line to the heavens: it advocates a firmly secularized celebration of athleticism.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2022

In 1802 the see was secularized, the bulk of its territories being assigned to Bavaria and the rest to Salzburg, of which Freising had been a suffragan bishopric.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various