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Recent Examples of doctrinal
The result is doctrinal asymmetry: Iran can threaten sea-lanes, cables and cyber vaults but cannot field a symmetric response to 200 jets.
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Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Never has a judge been impeached over doctrinal differences—in other words, for doing their jobs.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Priscilla Rivera.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Reformed is a lot more entertaining than this doctrinal back-and-forth would suggest.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 June 2025
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Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Never has a judge been impeached over doctrinal differences—in other words, for doing their jobs.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Priscilla Rivera.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Reformed is a lot more entertaining than this doctrinal back-and-forth would suggest.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrinal
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But lawmakers say what caught their attention was more of a philosophical difference.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
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Bohemian does not begin to describe the brothers, one of whom has a picture of the Dalai Lama in their kitchen, or the film, which is narrated by a philosophical bull called Nandy.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 July 2025
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One legitimate worry is that some people will be dogmatic and unyielding when courteously informed that AI is not sentient.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Harvard is too hubristic, too fat and prosperous, too insular, too aloof, and too dogmatic to admit that it’s erred ...—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
28 June 2025
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Here, businesses can grow without the weight of government regulation or woke ideological agendas.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Advertisement Beyond religious and ideological attacks, 14.3% of posts contained nativist language calling for Mamdani's deportation or citizenship revocation.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
9 July 2025
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For more than a decade, Bea Interiors Design has offered a full range of services including conceptual design, custom furniture and finishes, project coordination, art procurement and installation, and lighting and furniture design.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
7 July 2025
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But officials have shelved early, more ambitious conceptual features, partly because of environmental limitations.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Final Approach The consequences are no longer theoretical.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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For the first time in decades, the question of succession is no longer theoretical.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2025
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Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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The only pontifical name that hasn't been used more than once is Peter, the name of the first pope, though there's no prohibition against doing so.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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