doctrine
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In New York this week, Iranian officials said Tehran’s nuclear doctrine remains unaltered for now but warned that could change, according to people present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I want to follow up on what you said about standing doctrine and the environmental cases.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
But I want you to remind folks that there’s actually doctrine on all this.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
He lost his wife and son to an epidemic carried by the soldiery, his royal patron was deposed, and he was excommunicated by the Lutheran Church for his uncompromising individualism on matters of doctrine.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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In the two decades since, Purcell has become one of election law’s most invoked doctrines.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
New technologies are upending military doctrines on everything from procurement to executing operations, writes Yaroslav Trofimov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Florian Galleri, a historian specialising in contemporary military studies and nuclear doctrines, also warned that Macron would have to tread carefully, pointing to his low approval ratings one year before the end of his presidency.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
We have built legal doctrines that reward escalation.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
The new doctrines arose partly because of the accumulation of historical knowledge, and the growth of the historical sense, which had hardly existed before the nineteenth century.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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