dogma

Example Sentences

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But the head coach's absolute belief in his methods occasionally strayed into dogma, and his apparent refusal to adapt - or incorporate just a little more pragmatism - proved costly.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

The Atlantic story and other accounts of Kennedy make it clear he views himself as the lone hero of a great battle, a Beowulf intending to slay a dragon of dogma and lies.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

The news about DNA and the genetic code did not displace an earlier dogma; there was nothing much there to be moved aside.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas