doctrine
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“The plaintiffs are trying to extend that doctrine to an online world where intangible content causes intangible injuries.”
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
In habeas doctrine, the danger has always been that federal review becomes so deferential that even substantial constitutional claims are transformed into sterile questions of state-court reasonableness.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Judge Jed Rakoff held that the Claude transcripts were protected by neither the attorney-client privilege nor the work-product doctrine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Neither of them made any substantive changes to core Roman Catholic doctrine, but when you’re the bishop of Rome and the head of the world’s largest single religious denomination, practice matters more than theory.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
He had thrown away the book of cavalry doctrine and they loved him for it.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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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