basic principle
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Evolutionary biology explains this contrast through a basic principle: energy is limited, and species must divide it between reproduction and maintaining their bodies.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
With RCV, the basic principle is easy: Rank your favorites.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2025
It’s a basic principle of civil society that the increased power given to law enforcement officials is balanced by increased oversight, because the one without the other presents an almost irresistible temptation for abuse.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025
Beijing fears this could see it being excluded from supplying US-bound goods to the UK, telling the Financial Times it was a "basic principle" that bilateral trade deals should not target other countries.
From BBC • May 14, 2025
“Doug Swieteck,” Mr. Ferris said, “do you know the basic principle of physical science?”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
