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Recent Examples of orthodoxy
Indeed, in recent months, Newsom has positioned himself closer to the center on a range of issues, breaking from Democratic orthodoxy in order to distinguish himself as a more viable presidential candidate.
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Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The real significance of those proportions lies in their active rejection of EV design orthodoxy.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
Bookish and not charming in appearance, Benedict was the champion of a Catholic orthodoxy that valued consistent, correct, and universal doctrine as paramount.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
The orthodoxy of a previous administration required the terminology; the orthodoxy of the new one has ended the students’ education and forced them to return to the country that oppressed them.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The real significance of those proportions lies in their active rejection of EV design orthodoxy.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
Bookish and not charming in appearance, Benedict was the champion of a Catholic orthodoxy that valued consistent, correct, and universal doctrine as paramount.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
The orthodoxy of a previous administration required the terminology; the orthodoxy of the new one has ended the students’ education and forced them to return to the country that oppressed them.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Orthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orthodoxy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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