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  • noun Plural form of discipline.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discipline.

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Examples

  • Surely knowledge of subject matter and the curriculum and the disciplines is an important part of the answer.

    Letter to Marv 2007

  • Surely knowledge of subject matter and the curriculum and the disciplines is an important part of the answer.

    March « 2007 « Bill Ayers 2007

  • Brassfield, like thousands of other unemployed or under-employed new graduates, in a variety of academic disciplines, is facing the reality of massive student loan debt repayment and grim job prospects.

    Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Ted Brassfield's Camelot is Still Alive Caroline Dowd-Higgins 2010

  • Alzheimer's scientists ... the power of being able ask questions which bridge across different disciplines is really a complete sea-change, it's very, very important.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Mia 2009

  • Brassfield, like thousands of other unemployed or under-employed new graduates, in a variety of academic disciplines, is facing the reality of massive student loan debt repayment and grim job prospects.

    Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Ted Brassfield's Camelot is Still Alive Caroline Dowd-Higgins 2010

  • President George Philip's order "would erase all courses in these disciplines from the curriculum of the university and result in the termination of 20 full-time teaching positions, 14 of which are held by tenured professors," the letter says.

    A state university retreats from language study Daniel de Vise 2010

  • Alzheimer's scientists ... the power of being able ask questions which bridge across different disciplines is really a complete sea-change, it's very, very important.

    Tim Berners-Lee at TED on 'database hugging' and linked data Mia 2009

  • He often challenged the climate orthodoxy – which in most scientific disciplines is highly valued, but in climate science is a crime.

    Coyote Blog » 2009 » November 2009

  • This conference presents papers from academics and postgraduates working in disciplines as diverse as Literature, Psychology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Film Studies, Palaeontology, Zoology, Theatre, and Theoretical Physics: on the Emergence of the Posthuman Subject.

    Ballardian » The Emergence of the Posthuman Subject 2010

  • He often challenged the climate orthodoxy – which in most scientific disciplines is highly valued, but in climate science is a crime.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Dangers of a Monoculture — Reactions to the CRU Emails 2009

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