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tenet

[ten-it, tee-nit] / ˈtɛn ɪt, ˈti nɪt /


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There’s an old Wall Street tenet that there’s nothing more bullish than a record close.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Judging from the near-universal backlash to Timothée Chalamet’s recent bad-mouthing of ballet, Eden’s summation of the central tenet of their show may be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

And that, in so many ways, was the basic tenet of German foreign policy.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

A key tenet of China’s philosophy on energy security is to produce as much as possible of what it needs from resources within its borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

That’s tenet four of the B-Prep honor code, isn’t it?”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone




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