dogma

Example Sentences

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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

Additionally, scaling laws, once considered the industry’s central dogma, have come under increasing scrutiny as returns diminish.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

But good intentions can harden into dogma, and instead of helping people work through conflicted feelings, practitioners doubled down on the proposition that any desire for change was evidence of internalized harm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

In a role that demands depth and dogma, Sweeney displays little of either, making “Christy” feel like a vessel for someone else’s ideas.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Like Greek philosophy, the teachings of the tlamatinime were only tenuously connected to the official dogma of Tlacaelel.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann