school of thought
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of school of thought
First recorded in 1825–30
Example Sentences
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According to this school of thought, his main qualification was a lack thereof.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026
There was a school of thought that Mauresmo might have looked elsewhere, though, had men's world number one Jannik Sinner still been in the tournament.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
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
One school of thought believed that the People were descended from airborne dinosaurs.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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