discipline
Example Sentences
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Letting Spirit fail would be a useful lesson in market discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“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
Pushing against Chinese dominance will "take discipline, focus and clear planning", she said during a rare press visit to the company's sprawling chemical plant in Malaysia's Gebeng industrial hub, near the coastal city of Kuantan.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
The Aristotle of the universities was thus not the real Aristotle but one adapted to provide an educational programme within a world where the most important discipline was taken to be theology.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Outsiders
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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