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Recent Examples of doctrinal
This air-to-sea command transfer represents a doctrinal advance.
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Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
For them, suspicion of medical abuses continues, even as no doctrinal mandate per se rejects modern medical interventions.
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Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
This doctrinal stance shaped Beijing’s early response.
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John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
His rigorist doctrinal chief, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—the future Benedict XVI—had moved to restrict Gutiérrez and other liberation theologians, leading to a standoff with CELAM, which had a long history with him.
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Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
For them, suspicion of medical abuses continues, even as no doctrinal mandate per se rejects modern medical interventions.
—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
This doctrinal stance shaped Beijing’s early response.
—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
His rigorist doctrinal chief, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—the future Benedict XVI—had moved to restrict Gutiérrez and other liberation theologians, leading to a standoff with CELAM, which had a long history with him.
—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrinal
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But the sections that can be read between gaps where the surface is lost point to a philosophical treatise on ethics, arts and human nature.
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In the end, there remain some really stark philosophical divides on the court.
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At all stages of history, Habermas shows, humanity has been trying to work out codes for the common good, and these surface even in times of dogmatic repression.
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If confidence, dogmatic beliefs, and undeniable talent were elixirs of life, Frank Lloyd Wright would be alive today, celebrating what would have been his 159th birthday.
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Still, Ocasio-Cortez’s supporters see the primary in starkly ideological terms.
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is making the case for party unity as this year's primary season exposes ideological divisions among Democrats.
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An artist's rendering of development of a conceptual moon base near the lunar south pole.
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The German conceptual artist and painter Rune Mields, who designed her own grave, has died at age 91.
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When people see that scams can be built around them specifically, security habits stop feeling theoretical and start feeling necessary.
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After machine learning identified promising candidates, researchers verified them through theoretical calculations before synthesizing and experimentally confirming the materials.
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Leo opened his visit to Pompeii by meeting with sick and disabled people who are cared for by a charity center affiliated with the sanctuary, which Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, declared a pontifical basilica in 1901.
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That public spat has overshadowed his pontifical tour of four African countries, which ended Thursday with a Mass for thousands of people in Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea.
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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