orthodoxy
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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
Those laureates may have built careers on an orthodoxy that wasn’t there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“The modern view,” Mr. Sidebottom writes, “is to doubt its historical accuracy. It is a scholarly orthodoxy that the salute was no more than a one-off impromptu acclamation that went very wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
“But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.”
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 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
It was implied that Räsänen had ‘blasphemed’ against the dominant orthodoxies of the day,” Mr. Coleman said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
If you come to that, what is laisser-faire but an orthodoxy? the most tyrannous and disastrous of all the orthodoxies, since it forbids you even to learn.
From The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors by Shaw, Bernard
Vocabulary lists containing orthodoxy
"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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"American Flag Stands for Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen
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