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as in theology
a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church
the Catholic Church's doctrine on the Eucharist
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Recent Examples of doctrine
The Court applied the doctrine in overturning President Biden’s $400 billion student-loan forgiveness.
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The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
In another example, Francis came out in support of civil unions for same-sex couples, something previously opposed by the Vatican’s doctrine office.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Prevost then underlined that doctrine had not changed.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Passed down from antiquity, these fantastical peoples didn’t fit neatly into Christian doctrine.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
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The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
In another example, Francis came out in support of civil unions for same-sex couples, something previously opposed by the Vatican’s doctrine office.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Prevost then underlined that doctrine had not changed.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Passed down from antiquity, these fantastical peoples didn’t fit neatly into Christian doctrine.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
Noun
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The videos rob the Bible of its power by reducing it to an action movie, said Brad East, a professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Texas.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Brad Braxton is the president and professor of public theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s philosophies continue to be debated among Republican lawmakers and voters as to whether his more populist ideals will stick with the GOP once his long run as party leader eventually comes to a close.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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People such as Richard Florida make the city-as-business philosophy seem appealing, but there’s something bigger going on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Both of their research programs focused on cellular logistics, leading to new principles of intracellular transport and cellular organization.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The same principle applies in commercial real estate.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My own daughter was recruited into a radical ideology.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Because the superior metric, Gross Output (GO), gives lie to the dogma that consumer spending drives the economy.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Bachelor franchise has always stuck by a somewhat silly dogma—that despite the fact that its premise (one star dating 20-plus suitors) is ridiculous and inherently a little raunchy, the show is at its core a pure slice of an Americana fairy tale.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Even miscreants like Steve Albini had purist creeds of conduct.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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