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the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group our philosophy is to do no harm to anyone

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Recent Examples of philosophy East Nashville youth sports leader Darrell Downs shares my philosophy (no, not the picking at grass part). Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025 For the album, Sprague was inspired by the Japanese environmental music philosophy kankyō ongaku. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2025 Drake has long followed a similar flood-the-market philosophy, and it’s paid off for him. Xander Zellner, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025 But Paramount leaders have held on to their belief the arts must be kept as affordable as possible, a philosophy that was referred to in Monday’s letter to subscribers. Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for philosophy
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Noun
  • Increasingly, young people in the United States and abroad are being recruited by extremist groups that conflate white supremacist ideology and violent action in order to hasten the collapse of society.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The classic volume knob and the modern ideologies of changing it irks me as there is no benefit to changing what works perfectly for all consumers.
    Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
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  • This change comes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s blockbuster 2024 decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, which for 50 years had often bound federal courts to defer to the executive branch for interpretation of U.S. law.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • The ruling is part of a broader conservative legal agenda that’s been years in the making—one that took a major leap forward when the court overturned the Chevron doctrine last year.
    Monifa Bandele, Essence, 29 July 2025

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“Philosophy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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