doctrine
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Listener chatter from Mason Cash in Oviedo, Florida: a Major Questions Doctrine song in the style of Gilbert & Sullivan!
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
These interventions were all functions of the Monroe Doctrine, first promulgated by President James Monroe in 1823.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
But Hamilton’s belief that the Western Hemisphere should be closed to European meddling was memorialized in 1823’s Monroe Doctrine External link.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
He has since dubbed his version the Donroe Doctrine.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2026
The Doctrine of Discovery was laid out in a series of communications from the pope, leader of the Catholic Church, who was extremely influential in European politics at the time.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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