doctrine
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Yet enforcing this doctrine causes harm of a more concrete variety.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
But that doesn’t clear up the doctrine whatsoever.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
Her own doctrine, she momentarily admitted, leaves its followers “socially isolated.”
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Their motion asks the judge to order a judgment in the insurers’ favor that would make Edison liable for the damage under inverse condemnation, a legal doctrine in the state constitution.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Since the old Aristotelian doctrine was crumbling, Descartes, true to his Jesuit training, tried to use nought and infinity to replace the old proof of God’s existence.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing doctrine
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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Twelve Days in May
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