tenet

Example Sentences

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“The overriding tenet of our annual planning this year was to be leaner.”

From Washington Post

Feb. 25 - German Ambassador Steffen Seibert tells Israeli television that Berlin is watching the dispute and believes an independent justice system is a tenet of democracy.

From Reuters

While sovereign citizen beliefs vary, a core tenet holds that a long-ago conspiracy infiltrated the original, legitimate U.S. government and slowly replaced it with an illegitimate, tyrannical “de facto” government.

From Washington Times

If you're looking for a diet that closely follows the tenets of anti-inflammatory eating, consider the Mediterranean diet.

From Salon

Thorp further explained in an editorial that using programs such as ChatGPT would violate Science’s fundamental tenet that its authors must certify that their submitted work is “original.”

From Los Angeles Times