discipline
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I definitely place more weight on ideas versus the discipline of playing an instrument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The company said it was maintaining pricing discipline in Europe and it had seen a sustained increase in retail orders for its fully electric cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But as the science shows, this weight regain is not due to a lack of discipline; rather, our biology is doing exactly what it evolved to do: defend against weight loss.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
BBC Panorama has spoken to nearly 100 pupils, parents and former teachers from Athena schools, who say levels of discipline went too far.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
As they moved from discipline to discipline, the new scientists carried with them a set of assumptions about how to construct new knowledge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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At ZOS, Goin estimates some disciplines have been reduced to a quarter of what they were before.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The MoD said the roles would cover disciplines from data and modelling to project management.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The difficulty, then, is not to choose between supposedly solid disciplines and supposedly fragile ones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Armed with this infusion of activity across various disciplines, the couple is inspired to continue to shake their way out of the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The study of philosophy was thus seen as a preparation for the study of theology because both disciplines were concerned with the explication of authoritative texts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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There was his bond with trumpeter Booker Little, his high-school best friend who died at 23 in 1961, and whose searching spirit and disciplined musicianship profoundly affected Mr. Lloyd’s approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Chief Executive Faisal Al-Faqeer said Sabic’s strong balance sheet and disciplined approach to capital allocation would help it remain resilient amid geopolitical uncertainty, supply disruptions and elevated energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ortiz testified that he was not disciplined after the shooting, that he did not receive additional training as a result of the incident, nor did his job duties change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Overall, the quarter showed “growing evidence that Ford is becoming a more profitable, more disciplined and genuinely different company,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Very organized and disciplined, far more than Dutchy was.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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Rate hikes aimed at disciplining speculation can do more than cool the room.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“By arresting Villarreal, rather than solely disciplining the employee for any wrongdoing, county officials took this ‘everyday journalism’ and transformed it ‘into a crime,’ ” she wrote.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
The State Bar hated the news conference, disciplining the duo for what they considered an act of unethical and distasteful advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
But, he adds, there is a "spectrum" of schools, with some incorporating psychotherapy for students and training for parents, or disciplining staff who carry out corporal punishment.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Mom had the same problems she’d had in Battle Mountain with organizing her paperwork and disciplining her students.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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