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Six example sentences with conviction, each labelled with its topic.
Kierkegaard admired the leap a person makes when conviction outruns every argument that could be offered for it.
Philosophy
She sang the final verse with such conviction that the hall stayed silent for several seconds afterward.
Music
The senator crossed her own party out of conviction, knowing the vote would cost her the next primary.
Politics
The manager runs a high-conviction portfolio of twelve stocks, refusing to spread bets across names she cannot defend.
Finance
Investors backed the founder on conviction alone, since the product was still a sketch and the market did not yet exist.
Startups
Once a conviction forms, people read new evidence selectively, welcoming whatever agrees and doubting whatever does not.
Psychology
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- United States Courts glossaryAuthoritative
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- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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