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doctrine

[dok-trin] / ˈdɒk trɪn /


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The argument claims that the insurer’s are shielded from antitrust liability under both California and federal law due to a specific legal doctrine that applies to them involving their status as state-regulated entities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The utility of religious doctrine and practice is another of the book’s themes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court decision against Liberty Global’s “Project Soy,” bolstering the IRS’s use of the economic substance doctrine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

This doctrine sounds like a made-up phrase created for a patriotic first-person-shooter video game.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

Buddhists are more complicated—because of the Buddha’s doctrine of anatta, which basically says that people don’t have eternal souls.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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