principles

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Negotiations with a core group of like-minded states quickly produced a Statement of Interdiction Principles to guide international coordination among intelligence, military and law-enforcement authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In the postwar years of the 1950s, the accounting profession itself sought to manage the task through the Accounting Principles Board.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

It enshrines the commitment to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life, and details "the overarching duty on Ministers to comply with the law and to protect the integrity of public life".

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

ISO 59014:2024 turns out to be a 38-page report titled “Environmental management and circular economy — Sustainability and traceability of the recovery of secondary materials — Principles, requirements and guidance.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

“They tell everyone that. Principles of Sympathy is one of the classes you’ll have to slog through before they elevate you to E’lir.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss