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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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Perhaps the most important question about AI in cars is not technical, but philosophical.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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That intimacy provides an emotional counterpoint to Rushdie’s more philosophical musings about art and religion, free speech and resistance, violent intent and forgiveness.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Jan. 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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Origins of a dogmatic response Shortly after the IPCC released that finding in 1995, persistent and well-organized attacks on the science began.—
Gary W. Yohe,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In his experiences and chronicles of the great ideological battles of the twentieth century, Curzio Malaparte was a shape-shifter—pitiless, clinical, cynical, unsentimental, indifferent to morality and idealism.—
Leah Downey,
The New York Review of Books,
7 Feb. 2026
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The controversy also exposes ideological fault lines.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The conceptual genius has found a way to turn Los Angeles into a movie character too!—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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Dedar Milano’s Abstract Newness Dedar Milano’s 2026 collection of fabrics embraced pure abstraction and fresh conceptual ideas.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Palmer’s goal from open play, which involved theoretical No 10 Fernandez carrying the ball out wide, full-back Cucurella underlapping him, and Palmer finishing in the box, summed that up.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The partnership is shifting from theoretical research to the project development phase, with a focus on delivering a 50 MW commercial pilot.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
5 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 9 Feb. 2026.
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