doctrine
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"Since it has become impossible to celebrate a match without descending into riots, the only common sense response is a new doctrine: 'zero gatherings'," it demanded.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
The National Council of Churches managed, over the course of the 20th century, to evacuate Protestant doctrine and sentiment from the most Protestant country on earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
That must be the heart of the Warsh doctrine going forward.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Their questioning reflected a deeper tension running through modern Fourth Amendment doctrine.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Truth, according to Wittgenstein’s doctrine that meaning is use, is what we choose to make it; it requires a social consensus but not any correspondence between what we say and how the world is.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing doctrine
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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Twelve Days in May
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