as in principle
an idea that is very important to a group
the central tenets of a religion He refused to abide by one of the basic tenets of the fashion industry.
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Recent Examples of tenet
Cultural relevance is the last strategic tenet.
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Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
About a thousand years ago, wrapping became a central tenet of gift giving in Japanese culture.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
In fact, Flow Space predicted that brain optimization to stave off cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease will become a core tenet of women’s health in their 40s and 50s.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025
The results were extremely mixed, challenging some of the central tenets of both theories and highlighting just how much mystery remains in the quest to understand our mind.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
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Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.—
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To address the challenges at hand, a measured approach is needed, grounded in the basic principle of respect for human rights, as declared by the UN Human Rights Commission at Colombia’s request in July 2023.—
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While Glaser tones it down on stage, the same rules don’t apply for the red carpet.—
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which determined each year's nominees until they were deposed as the deciding committee in 2022 in the wake of a scandal, revised its rules around animation in 2014.—
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An example of a standard in summer is a sherbert series featuring lactose and vanilla.—
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Recent data showed that police response is becoming faster, but still lags behind California standards.—
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“Tenet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenet. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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