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Recent Examples of doctrine
The alleged interference by Judge Curry is described as undermining Texas precedent, which recognizes a non-intervention doctrine for claims regarding voluntary associations.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
Now, that doctrine is up to investors to decide.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
The historic European Protestant traditions that were the forebears of the American church placed great emphasis on learning and on doctrine, but the result was a faith that tended to be aristocratic and élitist.
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Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
The Monroe doctrine was explicitly anti-imperialist, stating that the United States would not tolerate interference by the Old World imperial powers in the Western Hemisphere.
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New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
Now, that doctrine is up to investors to decide.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
The historic European Protestant traditions that were the forebears of the American church placed great emphasis on learning and on doctrine, but the result was a faith that tended to be aristocratic and élitist.
—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
The Monroe doctrine was explicitly anti-imperialist, stating that the United States would not tolerate interference by the Old World imperial powers in the Western Hemisphere.
—
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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This year, classes include theology, Latin, anatomy and physiology, algebra, geometry and logic.
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Over five installments now, Pixar’s flagship franchise has built out what amounts to a theology etched in plastic and rubber about what constitutes a toy.
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Wagner suspects there are ties to the Active Club network, whose adult male members bond over white nationalist ideologies through workout sessions and mixed martial arts and have been associated with Patriot Front.
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Once people are primed to see isolated criminal acts as collective proof, punitive policy can begin to sound like common sense rather than ideology.
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What was once considered alternative is becoming the norm, and individuality is increasingly replacing convention as the guiding principle of engagement ring design.
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These principles helped build the most prosperous and influential nation in human history.
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In recent months, Google DeepMind, Meta and Anthropic have begun to hire experts in psychology, philosophy and ethics in order to research the topics of machine consciousness and AI welfare.
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Today's college students have mixed feelings about AI, Fabrizio Cariani, a professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland who teaches a class called AI and the Human Experience, told USA TODAY in May.
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Far more valuable would be a pivot by the regime’s leadership away from some of the dogmas of its past, and toward reform.
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This was seven years before the dogma was defined by the pope, pointing to the popularity of this devotion even before official recognition.
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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