doctrine
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There are some hard questions in the doctrine, but this case doesn’t raise them.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
I want to follow up on what you said about standing doctrine and the environmental cases.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Plus, Canada’s Mark Carney puts his trade doctrine to the test, and a billionaire’s seafood shack sparks a fight with Montauk locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For this doctrine, as may be presumed, he was debarred from all preaching.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Circuit was the one that was really making tons of law around these areas, tons of doctrines and administrative law to guide the agencies without blocking them.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Smithian doctrines of 1776 live mainly today between the covers of dusty books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
We have built legal doctrines that reward escalation.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Yet she had only the dimmest idea of who Goldstein was and what doctrines he was supposed to represent.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Vocabulary lists containing doctrine
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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