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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrinaires
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Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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If so, that advice was not followed by the pro-Khamenei fanatics who turned out thousands of Iranians to support their new leader, who could be taken out like his father was.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Pollen season is more than a nuisance for clean-car fanatics.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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To humanity’s great thinkers and leaders, gambling was an impediment to an ethical life (Aristotle), an invention of the devil (Saint Augustine), and a tax on the ignorant (Warren Buffett).—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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Both are analytical tennis thinkers.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Type 00 gave Jaguar loads of new identity—being large, distinctive-looking, and very pink—but that identity wasn’t a universal hit with the purists, which is probably why Jaguar persisted anyway.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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As much as purists may loathe it, NCAA Tournament expansion is, as Jamie Dixon said, inevitable.—
Mac Engel
March 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2026
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And she’s proved that even people who don’t see themselves as bigots will watch this content—and in some cases laugh along.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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The Muslim community in Dearborn, and indeed all Muslim communities across Michigan and the whole of our nation, will not be intimidated or baited by low-rent bigots.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
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Yes, some sticklers would insist that greatly should never stand between to and excel.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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As carry-on only travelers, Ryan and I are sticklers about efficient packing.—
Kristine Thomason,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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From late Qing reformers inspired by Athenian citizenship to nationalists who draw on Plato to bolster China’s political ideology, Bartsch shows how supple ancient texts are in the hands of interpreters.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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For one, Pashtun nationalists will always have problems with a border that slices their heartland in two.—
Mihir Sharma,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Doctrinaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinaires. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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