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canon laws

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plural of canon law

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During the ceremony, an international agreement between Switzerland and Nigeria was signed that strengthened agreements between the two countries with regards to their philosophies on the import, export and repatriation of cultural property.

— News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026
And the hysteria over the centers seemed to be not as much about freedom, or competing educational philosophies, or politics at all, as about an ever-shrinking pot of money.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of philosophies

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Active citizenship can defeat intolerant ideologies in debate and at the ballot box.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Wagner suspects there are ties to the Active Club network, whose adult male members bond over white nationalist ideologies through workout sessions and mixed martial arts and have been associated with Patriot Front.

— Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Definition of ideologies

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Durham's criminal history included previous convictions for firearms offenses and kidnapping, records show.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Bell’s letter to James and New York MFCU Director Amy Held argues that the unit is moving too slowly on cases and amassing too few indictments and convictions for wrongdoing in the Medicaid system.

— Ali Swenson, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of convictions

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They’re also designed to be agreeable and can reinforce a user’s beliefs, even if those beliefs are inaccurate.

— Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
What that fourth-inning strikeout, the following exchange of beliefs and subsequent skirmish produced, then, was fittingly a form of presence.

— Noah White, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

Definition of beliefs

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The central tenets of the new framework are based on a December report from Policy Analysis for California Education, a nonpartisan center that brings together researchers from Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis and USC.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
The clock seemed to rewind 1,400 years as tenets established at the religion’s dawn—Sharia law—were formalized into the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 June 2026

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