doctrines
Example Sentences
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The Smithian doctrines of 1776 live mainly today between the covers of dusty books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
New technologies are upending military doctrines on everything from procurement to executing operations, writes Yaroslav Trofimov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
Yet she had only the dimmest idea of who Goldstein was and what doctrines he was supposed to represent.
From "1984" by George Orwell
