as in convinced
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as in accepting
to regard as right or true
only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal
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as in thinking
to have as an opinion
despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"
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Recent Examples of believing
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Shares of the software companies were up after Guggenheim upgraded both to buy, believing that artificial intelligence won’t be a death knell for the companies and attractive valuations in the stocks.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Before being diagnosed with OCD in the spring of 2024, Lederer had spent years believing many of her intrusive thoughts were uniquely hers.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
The Cubs targeted Cabrera in the offseason and acquired him via trade from the Miami Marlins, believing the talented 28-year-old righty was ready to take off.
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Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Thank you for believing in me on the days when believing wasn’t easy.
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Mark Harris,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
He is chided for his opinions on race and for believing that women have less brainpower than men.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Initially, fans suspected June 13 would be the perfect day for the star, believing that a summer Saturday on her favorite number 13 was kismet.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Adjective
The non-believing partner may start to emotionally withdraw from the other, purely out of self-preservation.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
The market does not reward investors simply for believing harder.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Shares of the software companies were up after Guggenheim upgraded both to buy, believing that artificial intelligence won’t be a death knell for the companies and attractive valuations in the stocks.
—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Before being diagnosed with OCD in the spring of 2024, Lederer had spent years believing many of her intrusive thoughts were uniquely hers.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
The Cubs targeted Cabrera in the offseason and acquired him via trade from the Miami Marlins, believing the talented 28-year-old righty was ready to take off.
—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Thank you for believing in me on the days when believing wasn’t easy.
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Mark Harris,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
He is chided for his opinions on race and for believing that women have less brainpower than men.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Initially, fans suspected June 13 would be the perfect day for the star, believing that a summer Saturday on her favorite number 13 was kismet.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believing
Adjective
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In The Caine Mutiny (1954), the paranoid Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) becomes convinced, with no evidence, that someone is stealing strawberries from the freezer.
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Gage, for one, isn’t convinced that consumers care much about semiquincentennial marketing one way or the other, though.
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Not Carrying Cash During the pandemic, Japan got a lot better about accepting digital payments, but there are still lots of places that only want cold, hard cash, especially small businesses.
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The roughly 15-minute speech July 3 touched on his own biography while also spotlighting America's long history of accepting people from all corners of the world.
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Going into my 18th year of teaching, my biggest goal is re-creating that experience of thinking critically for oneself and studying literature through a critical lens.
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Nearby, Mariana Roufett packed boxes of humanitarian aid while thinking about her childhood friend and her family, who remain missing.
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Exploring the recent opportunity Baird is confident Innio will be able to lead and set the highest price target at $50.
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Speaking of golf, a confident politician or a confident reporter, for that matter, should walk like a golfer coming down the fairway on the 18th hole with a three-stroke lead in a major tournament.
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The Heat is also taking a patient approach in filling out its roster for next season because a few accomplished players could soon become available on the buyout market.
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Future solar missions are now going to have to start taking dust into account, said Ayaz, with dedicated detectors designed to measure dust's properties close to the Sun.
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As has been the norm this summer, seasonal storms kept attendees guessing about whether the July 4 tradition would go forward until downbeat.
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Just like his previous assist for Dembele, both came from sneaky passes into the box, the first for Bradley Barcola after another mazy run and cheeky nutmeg on the defender, keeping Gustaf Lagerbielke guessing before rolling it through his legs.
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Unabashed, unquestioning loyalty is not.
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Having stabilized his ship in orbit around the black hole, Dr Hans Reinhardt (a bizarre, OTT performance from Maximilian Schell) now plans to fly into it, assisted by an unquestioning crew of automatons with a very dark origin story.
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Those worries make sense, and understanding how bird flu spreads and what to watch for is the best way to protect your flock and yourself.
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Why The Old Approach No Longer Works The old playbook assumed that cultural knowledge was scarce, international interactions were occasional, and understanding national norms was the primary challenge.
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