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Recent Examples of doctrinal
Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images file Intimidation has long been a favored tool of the Kremlin in its attempts to shape Western policy, and the Kremlin's doctrinal changes were once again backed by grave threats from some of its leading public advocates.
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David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The doctrinal statement is nonbinding, and the denomination can’t tell its independent churches whom to call as pastor.
—Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The doctrinal statement is nonbinding, and the denomination can’t tell its independent churches whom to call as pastor.
—Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrinal
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Conclave reduces philosophical and spiritual issues to the cheapest and most banal melodrama.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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At a certain point, Corson said, STAR bonds enter the realm of a philosophical debate – are municipalities losing out on tax revenue because the dollars go toward paying off bonds, or would the revenue have never otherwise been collected without the STAR bond project?—
Jonathan Shorman and,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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In the three decades before his arrival, Washington embraced a dogmatic neoliberalism that saw economists and politicians ignore or even applaud market integration with China, the hollowing out of U.S. industry, and the explosion of the country’s trade deficit.—
Oren Cass,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Anderson has a generous outlook in the kitchen, hesitating to smack any dogmatic labels on her book.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2025
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Jubilee Media is a first of its kind studio that creates content aimed at provoking understanding and fostering human connection across both sides of the political and ideological spectrum.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Though not as mythically resonant as Dylan’s act of defiance at Newport, the incident highlights a significant generational and ideological divide between the two folk artists.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, my mother held on to a majority of my childhood relics, including handwritten movie reviews, conceptual magazines, comics and lots of artwork — all tinged with my angsty ’90s spirit.—
Jennifer Sodini,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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One Japanese economist runs a conceptual clock that counts down to his country’s final child: the current readout is January 5, 2720.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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These regulations and safety measures are not just theoretical.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
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This transition from theoretical to practical confrontation is all but debilitating, as the grieving father reaches the limits of his empathy.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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The prose is confiding and, in places, pontifical.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2020
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That revelation, coupled with other recent pontifical critiques, have quickly dissolved the notion that the Dec. 31 death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a symbolic leader of the church’s conservative wing, might lessen the opposition to Francis.—
Stefano Pitrelli,
Washington Post,
18 Jan. 2023
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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