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tenet

[ten-it, tee-nit] / ˈtɛn ɪt, ˈti nɪt /


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Those words capture the main tenet of monetarism: Sustained price inflation is always caused by excessive monetary expansion.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

There’s an old Wall Street tenet that there’s nothing more bullish than a record close.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

For Christians, Easter is the most important date in the liturgical calendar, marking the resurrection of Christ - a central tenet of the faith.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 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

The new lab had inherited this tenet from its parent, Ernest Lawrence, who had experienced not a few such mishaps during his career.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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