school of thought
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of school of thought
First recorded in 1825–30
Example Sentences
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Second, the Fed’s deeply embedded policy framework is built around risk management, rather than any single inflation measure or economic school of thought.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Warsh wants to see a return of monetarism, a school of thought that holds that increases in the money supply can drive inflation.
From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025
Far from being an object of ridicule, Chelsea’s high-volume approach to squad-building is now evolving into its own school of thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2025
As in men's football, there is still a school of thought that penalties are a lottery and practice can never make perfect.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025
He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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