doctrine
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Doctrine forbids Jehovah's Witnesses, as Jones was then, from receiving blood transfusions in almost all circumstances.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Listener chatter from Mason Cash in Oviedo, Florida: a Major Questions Doctrine song in the style of Gilbert & Sullivan!
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
But Hamilton’s belief that the Western Hemisphere should be closed to European meddling was memorialized in 1823’s Monroe Doctrine External link.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
The problem for many of these American allies is that they find themselves on the receiving end of the Donroe Doctrine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
In what became known as the Truman Doctrine, the president committed the United States to the goal of stopping the further spread of Soviet power.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing doctrine
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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