discipline

Example Sentences

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Maybe executives’ missteps could have been avoided with the discipline of outside pressure?

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

“Teaching me discipline, making me a better man and setting me up for life.”

From Los Angeles Times • 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

He had never raised a hand to discipline Jude or her sisters, even when they got into big trouble.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black