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In a sprawling nation founded on the precept of individual liberty and populated primarily by immigrants from around the world, there was hardly one American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Hirst has also proposed increasing its council tax precept - which would mean a 5.66% rise for Band D properties, equivalent to 27p per week.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

"We tell people that if you follow the rules, your vote counts, and this effort is really going hard after that basic precept of democracy," she told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

Our homework assignment was to write a paragraph about what we thought the precept meant or how we felt about it.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

In his recitation of the precepts that comprise conservatism, Mr. Pence offers a catalog of beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

He joins Barron’s editors Lauren Rublin and Andrew Bary today at noon to discuss the current market climate, precepts of value investing, and some of his favorite stocks.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

The organization’s refusal to change from its founding precepts is what makes those precepts sacrosanct to some and archaic to others.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

At Facebook, Wynn-Williams writes, she’ll see those precepts “tested, chewed up, and thrown aside.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

One can see Ernest Lawrence’s career as a recapitulation of Swann’s precepts in action.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik