tenet
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Lula, who is seeking a fourth term in October elections, has made the fight against deforestation a central tenet of his administration.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
There’s an old Wall Street tenet that there’s nothing more bullish than a record close.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
And that, in so many ways, was the basic tenet of German foreign policy.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
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Grade 11, List 2
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