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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The legal doctrine behind the RPA is obsolete as the black-and-white TV.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The legal doctrine behind the RPA is obsolete as the black-and-white TV.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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From Nasser to Khomeini, the region’s revolutionary ideologies have delivered only ruin.—
Danielle Pletka,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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In 1986 Moscow concealed risks, dismissed warning signs and placed ideology above the lives of its citizens.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 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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Still, their philosophies and tendencies remain to be learned.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Savic-Jambert explains that a garage door is generally not an exterior element that people are looking to draw attention to at all, and pastels go against that philosophy.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
26 Apr. 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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The script throws a lot of ideas out there and, refreshingly, none of them is to be taken as dogma, especially not Julian’s comment about who has the right to judge art.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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