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school of thought

[skool uhv thawt] / ˈskul əv ˈθɔt /




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According to this school of thought, his main qualification was a lack thereof.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

There was a school of thought that Mauresmo might have looked elsewhere, though, had men's world number one Jannik Sinner still been in the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Second, the Fed’s deeply embedded policy framework is built around risk management, rather than any single inflation measure or economic school of thought.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

This ancient Greek and Roman school of thought, which argues that a shift in perspective can turn regret and fear into a state of calm acceptance, is what Semple calls “salvation through reason.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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




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