orthodoxy

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“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

The law is “a legal capstone meant to send a signal throughout the system” about the new orthodoxy on ethnic policy, said James Leibold, a professor at Australia’s La Trobe University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

If appointed cabinet secretary, Dame Antonia is not a civil servant who would hide in the shadows and her supporters say she is a "disrupter" who can challenge Whitehall orthodoxy.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

It’s a break with decades of Beijing’s orthodoxy that China’s economic success depended on selling low-cost goods to American consumers and building its technological might with U.S. money and know-how.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

For to preserve the old orthodoxy it would have been necessary to insist that the world’s land masses were confined to one hemisphere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton