tenets
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In the basement of St. Boniface Church in Anaheim on weekday afternoons and weekend mornings in the mid-1990s, my sister, about 20 other teenagers and I learned about the tenets of our faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A worksheet given to us asks us to interpret some core tenets, as well as to enter the reading with a question we would like to explore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
It added that her actions "were a serious departure from the standards expected from a registered nurse" while she "breached fundamental tenets of the profession".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Smith responded by pledging himself to American ideals and claimed that they didn’t conflict with the tenets of his church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Its founding tenets were borrowed from Darwin—but they grafted the logic of natural selection onto human societies.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
