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Recent Examples of doctrine
Latter-day Saints also reject the Nicene Creed, which emphasizes the doctrine of the Trinity as one divine being.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
Their motion asks the judge to order a judgment in the insurers’ favor that would make Edison liable for the damage under inverse condemnation, a legal doctrine in the state constitution.
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Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
An ancient right in modern times A legal principle known as the public trust doctrine establishes people’s rights to use certain lands and waters.
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Melissa Scanlan,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
However, as Judge Nelson highlighted, the doctrine has several prerequisites and many cases fall short.
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Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
Their motion asks the judge to order a judgment in the insurers’ favor that would make Edison liable for the damage under inverse condemnation, a legal doctrine in the state constitution.
—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
An ancient right in modern times A legal principle known as the public trust doctrine establishes people’s rights to use certain lands and waters.
—
Melissa Scanlan,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
However, as Judge Nelson highlighted, the doctrine has several prerequisites and many cases fall short.
—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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This year, classes include theology, Latin, anatomy and physiology, algebra, geometry and logic.
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Over five installments now, Pixar’s flagship franchise has built out what amounts to a theology etched in plastic and rubber about what constitutes a toy.
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Wagner suspects there are ties to the Active Club network, whose adult male members bond over white nationalist ideologies through workout sessions and mixed martial arts and have been associated with Patriot Front.
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Once people are primed to see isolated criminal acts as collective proof, punitive policy can begin to sound like common sense rather than ideology.
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Talent agencies are organizing around the same principle.
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Strand explained that one of the show’s guiding narrative principles is prioritizing the perspective of its doctors over smaller characters on the show.
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In recent months, Google DeepMind, Meta and Anthropic have begun to hire experts in psychology, philosophy and ethics in order to research the topics of machine consciousness and AI welfare.
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Today's college students have mixed feelings about AI, Fabrizio Cariani, a professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland who teaches a class called AI and the Human Experience, told USA TODAY in May.
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Far more valuable would be a pivot by the regime’s leadership away from some of the dogmas of its past, and toward reform.
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This was seven years before the dogma was defined by the pope, pointing to the popularity of this devotion even before official recognition.
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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