orthodoxy
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The Philadelphia Phillies are challenging more than a century of baseball orthodoxy around how to construct a lineup—and it’s helping them charge into the playoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
There is one exception: Pennsylvania’s Sen. John Fetterman has unapologetically challenged party orthodoxy, seemingly following the book’s formula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Measured in volatility, the S&P 500 over that period has been less “risky,” just as Wall Street orthodoxy would suggest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
But there is no shortage of evangelists who will point to Musk's staggering ability to raise money, challenge orthodoxy and prove his doubters wrong.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
From 1538 the new understanding of earth and water as making up a single sphere became an orthodoxy among both Protestant and Catholic astronomers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
She should read labels, mistrust mysterious additives, interrogate old nutritional orthodoxies and learn to distinguish “real” food from whatever came before it.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
One by one, the authors attempt to demolish the orthodoxies of space enthusiasts.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
There are no political, religious or secularist orthodoxies or litmus tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Old orthodoxies should be shattered, rivals dented and establishment egos bruised in pursuit of a project external-link that justified it all.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
We want our faith spread, but for that there is no need for orthodoxies and controlling organisations of statement.
From God the Invisible King by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing orthodoxy
"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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"American Flag Stands for Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen
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