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Recent Examples of doctrine
New words like Nordify were invented to denote implantation of Nazi racial doctrine.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The Twelve-Day War completely changed Iran’s defensive doctrine.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
The legal doctrine behind the RPA is obsolete as the black-and-white TV.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Its recommendations about establishing codes and new communication structures were regarded as endangering the free flow of information doctrine that was heavily supported by the richer industrial countries in the West.
—Stijn Joye, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The Twelve-Day War completely changed Iran’s defensive doctrine.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
The legal doctrine behind the RPA is obsolete as the black-and-white TV.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Its recommendations about establishing codes and new communication structures were regarded as endangering the free flow of information doctrine that was heavily supported by the richer industrial countries in the West.
—Stijn Joye, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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George Gross, an expert on theology and the monarchy at King’s College London, said Monday's meeting was historic, particularly given the Vatican doesn't recognize the female priesthood.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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For someone who studied political science and theology, that shift has been disorienting.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, American families are getting squeezed by high gas prices, unaffordable housing, soaring grocery bills and out-of-touch politicians who are more focused on woke ideology than on real solutions.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Authorities allege Soliman spent a year planning the June attack, driven by anti-Israel ideology; his federal attorneys argue the politically motivated assault should not be classified as a hate crime.—
Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Anything less would be an abandonment of the guiding principles of May Day and our movement.—
Sonia Lawrence,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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His prose is equally forbidding—dense and abstract, in the long tradition of German philosophy.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Those Depression-era beginnings shaped his life and judicial philosophy — treating everyone fairly, his family said.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
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The Republican president views the investments as critical for economic security and emblematic of his own dealmaking skills, overturning what had been GOP dogma that government should avoid picking winners and losers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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The science moves forward with data, not with dogma and with dismissal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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