as in principle
an idea that is very important to a group
the central tenets of a religion He refused to abide by one of the basic tenets of the fashion industry.
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Recent Examples of tenet
Remind us here, what were the primary tenets of MAHA?
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
This founding tenet of the Bel Paese now looks set to change — ending diaspora dreams of returning to the mother country, and meaning that Italians who move abroad risk denying citizenship to their descendants.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
Supporting small business is another core Fat Cake tenet, which means giving advance warning to bakeries that a famished horde of up to 125 bicyclists is on the way.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
That customer-centric tenet is central to The Reading Room, which opened in Chattanooga’s Brainard neighborhood in October 2025.
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
This founding tenet of the Bel Paese now looks set to change — ending diaspora dreams of returning to the mother country, and meaning that Italians who move abroad risk denying citizenship to their descendants.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
Supporting small business is another core Fat Cake tenet, which means giving advance warning to bakeries that a famished horde of up to 125 bicyclists is on the way.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
That customer-centric tenet is central to The Reading Room, which opened in Chattanooga’s Brainard neighborhood in October 2025.
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenet
Noun
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The letter claimed Iran was acting within the principles of international law.—
David McHugh,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Conservatives used to understand that federalism is one of the core founding principles that protects our freedoms, but not any more.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Semenya, who was assigned female at birth in South Africa and has high natural testosterone levels, won a European Court of Human Rights judgment in her years-long legal challenge to track and field's rules which did not overturn them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney Bell had a tepid response, however, to a recent controversy in which dozens of local Democrats were kicked off the ballot for breaking an Indiana Democratic Party rule.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
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The city of Blue Springs says these improvements are required to bring the plant into compliance with new environmental standards by 2030, which were set by state and federal regulators.—
Joseph Hernandez
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The other point is how the Marlins could replace a player of Alcantara’s talent for that modest-by-baseball-standards salary.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Tenet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenet. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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