discipline

Example Sentences

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It was unclear what, if any, discipline they faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Tony Adams, at number four, was part of a transition from George Graham's discipline to the progressive approach of Arsene Wenger - captaining Arsenal to league titles in three different decades.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

It also provides a useful check on discipline, ensuring that lessons from both successes and missteps are carried forward.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In the past, market discipline hasn’t always been enough to prevent private student lenders from partnering with schools with poor outcomes to offer arguably predatory loans often to low-income students.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Moldering in a Russian prison, Poncelet founded a new discipline: projective geometry.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife