doctrine
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Seen through this lens, the Monroe Doctrine was more a defensive crouch than the posture of a global hegemon.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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
It also isn’t clear that the Donroe Doctrine precludes interventions outside the Western Hemisphere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Now he's trying out a new name for the Monroe Doctrine, which has been a foundation of US policy in Latin America for two centuries.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
It can stand in for anything—a stuffed piranha, existentialism, the Monroe Doctrine, or buttered toast.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing doctrine
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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