tenet

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And that, in so many ways, was the basic tenet of German foreign policy.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Last June, Feldstein Soto tried to block the City Council from extending the contract without a competitive bidding process, a core tenet she has preached as the city’s elected legal counsel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron has made promoting local companies and loosening EU regulations a core tenet of his second term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Building in America will remain a central tenet of the president’s policy.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

As Adams explained it, the French philosophes had invented the word, which became a central part of their utopian style of thinking and a major tenet in their school of folly.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis