doctrine
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Their motion asks the judge to order a judgment in the insurers’ favor that would make Edison liable for the damage under inverse condemnation, a legal doctrine in the state constitution.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
And it’s odd to see Quaker listed so prominently as their doctrine is famously nonviolent and anti-war.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Pashinyan is running on his doctrine of "Real Armenia" - a country at peace with Azerbaijan and integrated into Europe, rather than one defined by territorial ambitions and dependence on Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Spiralism has no leader, no doctrine, no central text—only the algorithm, which each user takes as a personal oracle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Truth, according to Wittgenstein’s doctrine that meaning is use, is what we choose to make it; it requires a social consensus but not any correspondence between what we say and how the world is.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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