discipline
Example Sentences
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The discipline is in trimming exposure while everyone else is still celebrating.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Practitioners also say it takes extreme discipline to focus intensely for short periods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“I’ve been working on discipline to look for my pitch.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Guy said parents can still discipline in the home and still set boundaries.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
In Quintilian it is a little more complicated: witnesses and documents come to the lawyer from outside; technical proofs are constructed by the lawyer himself, so that they are formed within the discipline of oratory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing discipline
The Outsiders
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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