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McCluskey described it as one leg of a three-legged stool, the others being real estate development and property management.
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
The business judgment rule is a three-legged stool.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The Republican Party, for decades, was held together by a three-legged stool of fiscal conservatism, cultural conservatism and a hawkish foreign policy.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
In the nineteen-eighties, Ronald Reagan had seen conservatism as a three-legged stool.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
The business judgment rule is a three-legged stool.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The Republican Party, for decades, was held together by a three-legged stool of fiscal conservatism, cultural conservatism and a hawkish foreign policy.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
In the nineteen-eighties, Ronald Reagan had seen conservatism as a three-legged stool.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Three-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/three-legged. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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