school of thought

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At least one school of thought suggests the tech giant’s massive capital spending plans, which could reach $185 billion this year, doubling the 2025 total, have rattled investor sentiment.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

There’s also a technical school of thought that “overbought” is more of an ability than a condition, meaning that the ability to become overbought is a sign of underlying strength.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Far from being an object of ridicule, Chelsea’s high-volume approach to squad-building is now evolving into its own school of thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2025

It made a lot of social media waves for describing a prominent school of thought about A.I. as being that it “is fake and sucks” without thinking about A.I.’s potential, for good or ill.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025

He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife