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Recent Examples of doctrine
Israel has a long-standing policy of strategic ambiguity, a doctrine of neither confirming nor denying the possession of nuclear weapons.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Software, integration, training, maintenance, and doctrine matter just as much in determining whether a system performs as intended.
—Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
In the 1930s, the Marine Corps, the most independent of the military services, wrote a doctrine explicitly subordinating its expeditionary forces to the direction of diplomats.
—Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Magically compelling another, undoing his will, was contrary to the doctrine of free will held by the Church, so Dientes needed to be corrected by the inquisitors.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Software, integration, training, maintenance, and doctrine matter just as much in determining whether a system performs as intended.
—Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
In the 1930s, the Marine Corps, the most independent of the military services, wrote a doctrine explicitly subordinating its expeditionary forces to the direction of diplomats.
—Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Magically compelling another, undoing his will, was contrary to the doctrine of free will held by the Church, so Dientes needed to be corrected by the inquisitors.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
Noun
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Denise Long Rife spends her days as a retiree rather quietly, reading theology books in her Kansas home.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Women-only programs include administrative assistant, missionary wife, and general studies in the department of Bible, while the men-only alternatives are missions, youth ministry, and pastoral theology.—
Olivia Empson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 2026
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The frontier myth—and its core belief that the West belonged only to white Americans—had become a national ideology by the 1880s and ’90s, ushering in an age of oppression and migration restriction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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Push this ideology a step further and the entire economy implodes.—
Andrew Behar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The letter claimed Iran was acting within the principles of international law.—
David McHugh,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Conservatives used to understand that federalism is one of the core founding principles that protects our freedoms, but not any more.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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What Brooks proffers is not the philosophy these queries require but a kind of pharmacology—a pill designed to alleviate every last pang.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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True to the hotel’s philosophy of repose and rest, the basket invites you to linger longer in your rooms, with enough to keep munching on through the morning.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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In the face of dogma, science offered space for uncertainty.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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Thinking big about free thought The Congressional Freethought Caucus, named for the philosophy prioritizing logic and reason over religious dogma, emerged from his disclosure.—
Alexei Koseff,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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