basic principle
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Although this established the basic principle of a nuclear clock, one essential capability was still missing: the ability to maintain its own accuracy independently.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Kim Jones is right to insist that Congress protect this basic principle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Safeguarding national unity, territorial integrity, and social stability falls within the sovereign rights of all countries, and is a basic principle established under international law," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
It is a basic principle of constitutional law that a government cannot bind its future self.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
This violates a basic principle of numbers called the axiom of Archimedes, which says that if you add something to itself enough times, it will exceed any other number in magnitude.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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