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doctrine

[dok-trin] / ˈdɒk trɪn /


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It took 50 years for that doctrine to triumph.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Tariffs of some sort are likely here to stay; the Donroe doctrine, not so much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Fair use is a doctrine that allows for copyright material to be used without permission in certain circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Circuit was the one that was really making tons of law around these areas, tons of doctrines and administrative law to guide the agencies without blocking them.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

These branches adopted doctrines and systems to implement their portions of Assault Breaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Florian Galleri, a historian specialising in contemporary military studies and nuclear doctrines, also warned that Macron would have to tread carefully, pointing to his low approval ratings one year before the end of his presidency.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

The writ of habeas corpus, as powerful as it is—and it is—has become more and more difficult to use thanks to layers of legal doctrines lately.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026

Early medieval Jews, both in Spain and in Babylon, were wed firmly to Aristotle’s doctrines.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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