dogma
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For more than a century, the phrase “sell in May and go away, and come back on St. Leger’s Day,” has been treated as dogma by many financial pundits.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
But Bill Sutherland, a biologist at the University of Cambridge, has found that some dogma in conservation is flat-out wrong when put to the test.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
He has led talks to energize employees, reminding them never to speak of the company’s forthcoming products, a nod to the company’s secrecy dogma preached by Jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
He has called for reform of the policy, a principle he fully supports but believes is being wrongly applied and has become a dogma that can be used to conceal wrongdoing.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Like Greek philosophy, the teachings of the tlamatinime were only tenuously connected to the official dogma of Tlacaelel.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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World Religions
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Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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