tenets

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A worksheet given to us asks us to interpret some core tenets, as well as to enter the reading with a question we would like to explore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It added that her actions "were a serious departure from the standards expected from a registered nurse" while she "breached fundamental tenets of the profession".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

These tenets were embraced with unusual fervor by Koreans in the country’s northwest, especially in and around Pyongyang, where the future North Korean leader came of age in a Christian bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

For nearly sixty years, the tenets of the treaty have been respected by all nations.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Its founding tenets were borrowed from Darwin—but they grafted the logic of natural selection onto human societies.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee