interpretive
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Douglass believed that constitutional language had an ascertainable public meaning, but that when ambiguity remained, natural rights supplied the interpretive rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
As a former interpretive naturalist for the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, he even led a field trip for the Forest Service, BLM and State Parks to highlight the ecological damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The data turns Shin’s hawkishness from an interpretive risk into a policy path.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
More broadly, Mr. Perl-Rosenthal is excellent on the Revolution’s interpretive flexibility—its capacity to be claimed and reshaped by groups far beyond the Founders’ original horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Some biographers, pursuing the same interpretive line, have suggested that his deep-rooted insecurities drove him onto the plains of Weehawken and then into the fatal gaze of Aaron Burr.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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