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How to use the word tenet in a Sentence?

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It is a tenet of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired, that this is my most basic foundational belief, and so for me to do that because somebody just asked me to, is foreign to my very being. I will not do it.

Rusty Bowers '

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Respect for diversity of opinion on matters of public concern is a key tenet of the educational philosophy of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and it’s important to remember that an invitation to speak does not represent an endorsement of all past or future statements by a given speaker, we do not condone racism, sexism, anti-Semitism or any form of bias.

Public Affairs Dean Gary Segura

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It may take time to pan out, but that road starts with movies like' Tenet,' just to have New Mutants playing in theaters right now is a huge upturn for the film industry.

Shawn Robbins

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The desire for control is not something particular to any time period, it is a fundamental tenet of autocratic governments that they are constantly paranoid about being overthrown.

Duncan Innes-Ker

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values.

Stacey Abrams

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

As Department of Defense Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller for the past 19 months, David Norquist has had insight into virtually every tenet of this department. I have the greatest confidence in Defense Chief Financial Officer abilities to lead a phenomenally talented team while performing the duties as Deputy Secretary of National Defense.

Defense Patrick Shanahan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Avoiding conflicts of interest is a basic tenet of journalism, and intimate involvement with a source is considered verboten.

The Times

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If someone is contributing at that level, obviously they have to have some influence, if Tenet Healthcare contributed so much money, you'd think they have the ear of the governor and the politicians.

David Nykanen

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The central tenet of what's going on, especially in commodity prices and the general slowdown in global growth, is that for a long time, we have been relying on China, they are trying to rebalance the economy... but it's something that's going to take a long time.

Alastair Irvine

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A single tenet has and will continue to guide us as we look to the future: do what’s in the best interest our members, these results give our team a mandate to continue that work.

Patrick Lynch

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet--a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's curriculum.

George F. Will, Newsweek, July 4, 2005

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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