dogma
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“It had nothing to do with dogma and everything to do with necessity,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
It’s not enough to come barrelling into a conversation with a long-winded explanation of your personal dogma; you must also confidently push the value of those ideas, too.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
But Bill Sutherland, a biologist at the University of Cambridge, has found that some dogma in conservation is flat-out wrong when put to the test.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
He has called for reform of the policy, a principle he fully supports but believes is being wrongly applied and has become a dogma that can be used to conceal wrongdoing.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
“Equality’s good. But equality and sameness are two different things. Sometimes those who say things without really contemplating what it truly means...That dogma runs a thin line.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing dogma
World Religions
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Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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This Week in Words: April 29 - May 4, 2018
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