Example Sentences

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A contractarian approach will, paradoxically, be more intrusive than the traditional one.

From US News • Jul. 10, 2015

What Mohammad set out was a way to satisfy the claims of the disparate religious groups that lived there within a contractarian framework so that all might enjoy basic rights as citizens. 

From New York Times • May 29, 2011