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discipline

[dis-uh-plin] / ˈdɪs ə plɪn /




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“Without a reset around the core product, tighter inventory discipline, and a credible plan to stabilize the Americas, we expect fundamentals to worsen before they improve,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

“This is a market you want to be watching, carefully, with dry powder in hand and discipline at the ready.”

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

"I want to be clear about something. My duty is not to fuel speculation. It's to deliver justice, and that requires patience and discipline on everybody's part," McDonnell said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

For it purported to create a consolidated federal government with powers sufficient to coerce obedience to national laws—in effect, to discipline a truly continental union—while remaining true to the republican principles of 1776.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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