Examples of apostate in a Sentence
an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics
became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy
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This need that some MAGA apostates feel to rationalize their previous poor judgment can be harmless, if irritating.
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2026
Weiss, meanwhile, is a legacy media apostate who launched The Free Press after quitting The New York Times in protest.
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
23 Apr. 2026
To tell Republicans this is to be an apostate.
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Erick Erickson,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
Despite its public split from al-Qaeda, HTS retains a Salafi-jihadist ideology rooted in the same intellectual tradition tracing back to Ibn Taymiyya's medieval fatwas on apostates and minorities.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2026
Weiss, meanwhile, is a legacy media apostate who launched The Free Press after quitting The New York Times in protest.
—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
23 Apr. 2026
To tell Republicans this is to be an apostate.
—
Erick Erickson,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
Despite its public split from al-Qaeda, HTS retains a Salafi-jihadist ideology rooted in the same intellectual tradition tracing back to Ibn Taymiyya's medieval fatwas on apostates and minorities.
—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Apostate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apostate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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