doctrine
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Confirmation is meant to bring recipients closer to God and “imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark,” according to the Vatican’s official guide to its doctrine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the decree represents a significant loosening of decades-old communist doctrine.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held in 2024 that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private nonprofit that regulates stock exchanges, likely violates the private nondelegation doctrine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Recent polls have found that a majority of Americans support the doctrine — 69% according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
Board of Education of Topeka by ruling that “in the field of education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.”
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Over centuries, similar conceptions of alien harbors grew in the minds of mystics and scientists, sometimes leading to fatal clashes with dominant religious doctrines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Florian Galleri, a historian specialising in contemporary military studies and nuclear doctrines, also warned that Macron would have to tread carefully, pointing to his low approval ratings one year before the end of his presidency.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The writ of habeas corpus, as powerful as it is—and it is—has become more and more difficult to use thanks to layers of legal doctrines lately.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
We have built legal doctrines that reward escalation.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Yet I shd be vexed if any one were to publish my doctrines before me.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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