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Recent Examples of doctrine
The first designation, conferred by the State Department, carries the weight of criminal law and national security doctrine as well as immigration consequences.
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James Laporta, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Fernandez was able to seek to overturn her conviction using Senate Bill 1437, a law that took effect in 2019 and allows people to seek resentencing if they were convicted of felony murder or under the natural and probable consequences doctrine.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
The 1981 Reagan Corollary, which came during the Iran-Iraq War, extended the doctrine but also pledged to secure internal stability in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Nigerian archbishops have played prominent roles in the organization, which has often worked alongside the GAFCON movement in advocating for traditional interpretations of Anglican doctrine and biblical authority.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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James Laporta, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Fernandez was able to seek to overturn her conviction using Senate Bill 1437, a law that took effect in 2019 and allows people to seek resentencing if they were convicted of felony murder or under the natural and probable consequences doctrine.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
The 1981 Reagan Corollary, which came during the Iran-Iraq War, extended the doctrine but also pledged to secure internal stability in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Nigerian archbishops have played prominent roles in the organization, which has often worked alongside the GAFCON movement in advocating for traditional interpretations of Anglican doctrine and biblical authority.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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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
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The same principle should guide any arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
3 Apr. 2026
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Since 2018, the Day4Empathy reinforces Ebert’s embrace of the universal principles of empathy, humility, compassion and paying acts of kindness forward, Chaz Ebert said.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Goodwin, a tattooed fifty-four-year-old with a doctorate in business philosophy, was minding a roomful of young children when the wind and rain grew more intense.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In fact, discussions about philosophy, politics and religion might be profound or thought-provoking to you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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If new-age music is angelic but unbeholden to any religious dogma, Sunn O))) is demonic in the same way.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 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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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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