tenet
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Those words capture the main tenet of monetarism: Sustained price inflation is always caused by excessive monetary expansion.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
There’s an old Wall Street tenet that there’s nothing more bullish than a record close.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
“Fully informed transactions between buyers and sellers are a key tenet of a free market,” said a spokesperson for the Global Disinformation Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
But at the center of their philosophy was the most important tenet of the Pythagoreans: all is number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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It added that her actions "were a serious departure from the standards expected from a registered nurse" while she "breached fundamental tenets of the profession".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
For nearly sixty years, the tenets of the treaty have been respected by all nations.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
The core tenets of somatics are a series of slow movements designed to release tension that leads to pain and hinders flexibility and mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
The creative team decided early on that a wedding ceremony would perfectly encapsulate “love, joy, connection and family,” that spans across all communities — the exact tenets that the performance centered on, Cuddeford said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
I feel a smile maneuvering its way around my face that I resist as per the tenets of the boycott.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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