doctrinaires

plural of doctrinaire

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Noun
  • For fitness fanatics Impress the active one on your list with gifts that go the extra mile.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The gridded pattern is a natural choice for any bullet journal fanatics, and it’s made up of 100% wool hand-tufted in India.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Obsess Over Concept-to-Execution Speed – The market punishes slow thinkers.
    Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Baseball’s automatic runner has brought new fans but also stirred anxiety among purists.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This is where our brand of technical analysis diverges from the purists who focus on price only.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Adam Sandler‘s joke in his SNL50 musical sketch about famous artists turning out to be antisemitic bigots struck a chord, thanks to its real-world parallels.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As carry-on only travelers, Ryan and I are sticklers about efficient packing.
    Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Regardless of what legal-ethics sticklers might think of its business model, the 156-person startup has been growing quickly.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Though the Cuban nationalists’ victory was all but assured, the United States entered the fray and swiftly imposed a military occupation over the island.
    Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In the mid-1930s, the Spanish Civil War between the fascist forces of Franco and the nationalists was a harbinger that a second general European war lay just over the horizon.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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