doctrine

Example Sentences

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It has updated its training, tactics and military doctrine for the drone era.

From The Wall Street Journal

Court doctrine is to defer to those statements as being entitled.

From Salon

It said its doctrine was that giving must be "voluntary, in keeping with one's means and never coerced or demanded".

From BBC

Tucked into his speech was a mention of the 19th Century doctrine of "manifest destiny" – the idea that the US was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the continent, spreading American ideals.

From BBC

By untethering the legal doctrine around company control from its traditional conceptions, the ruling introduced uncertainty precisely where Delaware law had long provided clarity.

From Barron's