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Recent Examples of doctrinal
But the decree also comes amid a rise of polyamory in Western countries, which has generated pastoral and doctrinal questions for clergy and the faithful.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The cognitive dissonance problem Beyond the statutory and doctrinal debates, Wednesday’s argument revealed a striking tension between the administration’s courtroom position and the president’s own rhetoric.
—James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Necessary for doctrinal shifts—but needs to be grounded to avoid utopian overreach.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
This doctrinal paradigm fundamentally misunderstands Southern voters.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The cognitive dissonance problem Beyond the statutory and doctrinal debates, Wednesday’s argument revealed a striking tension between the administration’s courtroom position and the president’s own rhetoric.
—James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Necessary for doctrinal shifts—but needs to be grounded to avoid utopian overreach.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
This doctrinal paradigm fundamentally misunderstands Southern voters.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrinal
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Both were incredibly philosophical about their reasons for coming back.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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For many — especially free-spirited hippies, wooks, and the whole wide jam-band universe — the dogmatic style of traditional programs can be a turnoff, an impediment to accessing a path forward.—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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Times of amazing progress, but also worrying backslides to dogmatic tribal ideologies and an extremely uncertain future.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
13 Jan. 2026
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Mahan, 43, is drawing an ideological contrast between himself and a crop of Democrats who have expressed few differences of opinion.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Reading Nicholas Mosley’s nonfiction reveals a writer concerned with the sins of the past, with political maneuvering at the highest levels of government, and of personal and ideological betrayals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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The new dynamic between Harbaugh, senior VP of football operations and strategy Dawn Aponte and GM Joe Schoen will turn from a conceptual and partially theoretical conversation to a living reality as the Giants begin building their roster for the fall.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The play’s split focus, moving between 1958 and the present, is a sign of conceptual ambition.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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For now, that’s all theoretical, as California Democrats scramble to avoid their party from getting boxed out of the November gubernatorial ballot.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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For instance, a theoretical visit by a Taiwanese military official to the Pentagon could interest China, given its longstanding vow to reunite Taiwan with the mainland.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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The bishops further authorized a new edition of the Roman Pontifical for pontifical Masses, expected to be completed by 2027, with Vatican approval pending for some rites, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
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In its report, the pontifical commission highlights failures in the Italian church.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinal. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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