orthodoxy

Example Sentences

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“But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.”

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

If appointed cabinet secretary, Dame Antonia is not a civil servant who would hide in the shadows and her supporters say she is a "disrupter" who can challenge Whitehall orthodoxy.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

But others buck the orthodoxy, arguing that the candidates need to show they have a message that resonates with Californians.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

David Hume, Adam Ferguson, William Robertson, Smith and their contemporaries weren’t riding a wave of orthodoxy but quietly turning a Calvinist culture into a laboratory for skepticism, commerce and civil society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Readers of Montaigne are—and always have been—sharply divided between those who think his protestations of Catholic orthodoxy were genuine, and those who think they were merely concessions to the censor.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton