doctrine

That doctrine applies when you have relied on a promise and were worse off because you spent money or gave up time or opportunities, or relied on that promise to the detriment of your finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

It was from that TV that Mackenzie's doctrine made it to his home.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But I want you to remind folks that there’s actually doctrine on all this.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Tariffs of some sort are likely here to stay; the Donroe doctrine, not so much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

On one such lazy, hot summer night Granny, my mother, and Aunt Addie were sitting on the front porch, arguing some obscure point of religious doctrine.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

In the two decades since, Purcell has become one of election law’s most invoked doctrines.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

New war-fighting doctrines emphasized disrupting Soviet supply lines over fighting a defensive war of attrition with the more numerous Soviet army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Their military doctrines increasingly emphasize mass production of cheap drones and ballistic missiles designed to overwhelm Western stockpiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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

Preemptive penance and absolution were doctrines researched and developed by the Consistorial Court, but not known to the wider Church.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman