orthodoxy
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He was sent to do farm work and didn’t regain his political status until 1978, when Deng pivoted China away from Communist orthodoxy after Mao’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Measured in volatility, the S&P 500 over that period has been less “risky,” just as Wall Street orthodoxy would suggest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
But there is no shortage of evangelists who will point to Musk's staggering ability to raise money, challenge orthodoxy and prove his doubters wrong.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Organized by MoMA’s Ann Temkin and Michelle Kuo and Philadelphia’s Matthew Affron, “Marcel Duchamp” functions as a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
There was a direct, intimate connection between chastity and political orthodoxy.
From "1984" by George Orwell
One by one, the authors attempt to demolish the orthodoxies of space enthusiasts.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
There are no political, religious or secularist orthodoxies or litmus tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
What Field admired was Powell's willingness to challenge his own party's leadership and orthodoxies - even if it effectively removed him from office.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
Many of his opinions seemed intended to outrage liberals and modernists, or at least force them to question their orthodoxies.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
He fights valorously in season and out for the old orthodoxies, believing that with the lapse of religion as at present organized the respectability and dominion of the holy orders will also lapse.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
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"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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