Donor admission is a widespread practice of higher educational institutions wherein individuals who have made significant donations to their institution are given special consideration or preferential treatment in the admissions process.

A tenured professor cannot be terminated from their faculty position, except in specific conditions (e.g. program discontinuation, severe financial restraints, etc). A contractual professor is hired on a temporary or fixed-term contract basis, with the option to renew their contracts.

THBT states should heavily prioritize the development or acquisition of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs).

The Mindanao Railway System is a Philippine infrastructure project that has been proposed as early as the 1930s. The proposal resurfaced during the Duterte Administration, but the construction has halted after the Marcos Administration backed out from an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan from China.

Sara Duterte is the current vice president of the Philippines who won a landslide vote during the 2022 national elections. Although she was rumored to independently run for the presidency, she eventually vied for vice presidency alongside current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Prior to the current administration, the former president Rodrigo Duterte prioritized strengthening relations with Russia and China at the expense of weakening ties with the US and the EU. Conversely, the current president Bong Bong Marcos is prioritizing strengthening relations with the US.

Dividend signaling refers to a strategy employed by businesses to attract investors by promising (and sometimes paying out) high and frequent dividend payouts to existing and future stockholders.

Crown jewel defense are anti-takeover strategies that involve the sale of the most valuable assets of a targeted entity. On the other hand, golden parachutes are provisions in the employment contract of top executives that impose significant additional compensation if they are terminated as a result of a takeover. Among the two, golden parachutes are the more usual practice among start-ups and medium-sized entities.

An intervening god is one which directly influences people and events (e.g., answers prayers, performs miracles, or expresses discontent through plagues and the like). On the other hand, a non-intervening god purports that there is a supreme being that created the universe but does not intervene in its affairs and instead only engages in the afterlife.

The Mindanao Railway System is a Philippine infrastructure project that has been proposed as early as the 1930s. The proposal resurfaced during the Duterte Administration, but the construction has halted after the Marcos Administration backed out from an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan from China.

Prior to the current administration, the former president Rodrigo Duterte prioritized strengthening relations with Russia and China at the expense of weakening ties with the US and the EU. Conversely, the current president Bong Bong Marcos is prioritizing strengthening relations with the US.