discipline
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Read here to learn more about On Holding’s pricing discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I am talking about the mentality, discipline, organisation and energy you need in order to get a result when things go wrong for you like that in a game.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jenny Lê, the flagship’s head of operations, has become the nucleus of the store, embodying the essence of discipline, intention and collaboration that has been there from the very beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They also highlighted $30 billion plus in new AI contracts and steady operating margins due to cost discipline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
What is new is the transfer of concepts from one discipline to another.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Experts recommend focusing on classic disciplines that hone uniquely human skills and capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Held on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul –- a vast mountain lake in northern Kyrgyzstan -- athletes have been competing in dozens of disciplines: from intellectual board games to arm-wrestling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Although the photographs share the unnerving intensity characteristic of his films, Lynch understood the two disciplines as distinct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The program trains students from a range of disciplines to develop strategies for addressing resource scarcity, climate change, and extreme weather events, as well as food, water, and energy crises.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The time is now ripe for a fresh look at these questions, because of new information from scientific disciplines seemingly remote from human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Artificial-intelligence stocks have stemmed the bleeding, after a selloff on Monday spurred by concerns that major model creators would start taking a more disciplined approach to AI development and spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Vera Bradley is benefiting from its refreshed product assortment, a stepped-up marketing strategy, improved inventory management, and disciplined pricing and promotion governance, Bickley said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They actually seemed to enjoy the challenge, and straight away they were well-organised and very disciplined.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Officers in Baytown, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Temple and Pasadena also have been arrested, disciplined or investigated.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
But there was a captain he admired, a solitary and disciplined man called Ohaeto.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The IMF, the one body charged with disciplining imbalances, has no means to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Rate hikes aimed at disciplining speculation can do more than cool the room.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“By arresting Villarreal, rather than solely disciplining the employee for any wrongdoing, county officials took this ‘everyday journalism’ and transformed it ‘into a crime,’ ” she wrote.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
The State Bar hated the news conference, disciplining the duo for what they considered an act of unethical and distasteful advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
“My mother did most of the disciplining, and she was the one that always said no.”
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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