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discipline

[dis-uh-plin] / ˈdɪs ə plɪn /




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The Dublin-listed airline’s investments in Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft, in-house engine maintenance capabilities and strict cost discipline should help preserve its cost advantage over the long term, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

‘History shows that long-term investors are generally rewarded for maintaining discipline through periods of uncertainty, rather than trying to time headlines.’

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

Against Uruguay, he knew that Spain had historically lost matches when dragged into provocation and chaos, so he insisted on calmness, discipline, and emotional control.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Jackson, 27, could still face discipline from the NFL if the league determines that he violated its personal conduct policy for the second time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Bateson knew that he needed a name for the discipline that was being born around him.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

In “Rheology,” Shayok Misha Chowdhury, an experimental theater artist, and his mother, Bulbul Chakraborty, a theoretical physicist, bridge the language of their different disciplines to explore a subject dear to both of them: loss.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Now cloning is becoming more popular in other disciplines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Countless amateur thinkers took a crack at the problem, as did anthropologists and archaeologists when those disciplines were invented.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

While other teams have relied on moments of individual brilliance, Spain have quietly impressed through their disciplined, well-structured system.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

We have already seen this disciplined, patient strategy put into practice.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

And Constellation’s Fink suggested Wednesday that the company would take a disciplined approach to selling more nonalcoholic drinks as it figures out patterns in demand and consumption.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

Under coach Sergej Barbarez, a former professional poker player, the gritty Bosnians rarely gamble, instead playing a disciplined and physical style that emphasizes compactness and swift counterattacks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Very organized and disciplined, far more than Dutchy was.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The IMF, the one body charged with disciplining imbalances, has no means to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

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

"While dominant individuals may show disciplining actions toward their subordinates, as macaques do naturally, these actions in the macaque society 'differ from human abuses'," it said.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

Lucinda, whose voice is hoarse with disciplining the rowdy crew, hands Yolanda the knife.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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