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doctrine

[dok-trin] / ˈdɒk trɪn /


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There are some hard questions in the doctrine, but this case doesn’t raise them.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The law “unquestionably taxes activity outside of Maryland,” the court wrote, and violates the so-called dormant Commerce Clause, a doctrine that restricts states from passing laws that burden interstate commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Confirmation is meant to bring recipients closer to God and “imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark,” according to the Vatican’s official guide to its doctrine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Then he adds softly, "But in class, your idealism shows as well. Be careful of idealism, my boy, for idealism is the most dangerous doctrine of all."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Circuit was the one that was really making tons of law around these areas, tons of doctrines and administrative law to guide the agencies without blocking them.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the two decades since, Purcell has become one of election law’s most invoked doctrines.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

In my favor: though not a Buddhist, I am intellectually, if not spiritually, drawn to Buddhism’s doctrines of suffering, impermanence and nonattachment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Florian Galleri, a historian specialising in contemporary military studies and nuclear doctrines, also warned that Macron would have to tread carefully, pointing to his low approval ratings one year before the end of his presidency.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

I went back to law school with an intense desire to understand the laws and doctrines that sanctioned the death penalty and extreme punishments.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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