"tenet" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to a principle or belief that guides the actions of a person or organization. For example, "Integrity is one of the foundational tenets of our company."
Paul has made his longtime opposition to the NSA's surveillance dragnet a key tenet of his 2016 campaign and followed through on his pledge to let the Patriot Act expire – although he voted against the USA Freedom Act on Tuesday, arguing that it does not go far enough.
Kentucky senator Rand Paul is the only candidate who has made criminal justice reform a key tenet of his campaign, telling Republican primary voters during his own swing through South Carolina on Friday that the party needed to do a better job of standing up for minorities.
Once we examine tea, once we put that central tenet of British culture under the microscope, what else will we start to doubt?
It can be easy to seem trite in discussing Shakespeare, but as a basic tenet of the approach was to suggest that Macbeth was a great warrior and that he loves his wife in a profound way.
Related: The undoing of Ed Miliband – and how Labour lost the election | Patrick Wintour So established is this tenet of conventional wisdom, it's spawned sub-tenets.
Yet even within Iran's theocratic governing system, Mr Ahmadinejad's decision to bring Shia Islam's most fundamental tenet into the political arena is deeply controversial.
On July 25th, in the wake of a widening probe by federal investigators into Columbia's business practices, Mr Scott quit, as did David Vandewater, the firm's president and chief operating officer.More drastic surgery perhaps including a merger with its biggest rival, Tenet Healthcare may yet be required to cure Columbia's many ills.
Mr Arafat gave up his position as interior minister to Abdel Razak Yihye, a veteran military man known mainly for his fealty to the Palestinian leader.Relinquishing the interior ministry was one of the changes George Tenet, the CIA chief, demanded of Mr Arafat at their meeting in Ramallah on June 4th.
George Tenet of the CIA talked of al-Qaeda's efforts to build a "dirty bomb", and use surface-to-air missiles and underwater assault teams.
Says the report: "According to CIA records, no CIA officer, up to and including CIA Directors George Tenet and Porter Goss, briefed the president on the specific CIA enhanced interrogation techniques before April 2006".
George Tenet, who heads the CIA, testified recently that militant jihadi groups operate in no fewer than 68 countries (up from 40 in 2001).
