dogma
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For more than a century, the phrase “sell in May and go away, and come back on St. Leger’s Day,” has been treated as dogma by many financial pundits.
From MarketWatch • 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
But the head coach's absolute belief in his methods occasionally strayed into dogma, and his apparent refusal to adapt - or incorporate just a little more pragmatism - proved costly.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In a bid to boost competitiveness, he has said he wants to scrap company dogma and the practice of “not taking decisions because we don’t take decisions.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Being an Anabaptist minister in the American Army was difficult enough under the best of circumstances; without dogma, it was almost intolerable.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing dogma
World Religions
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Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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