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basic principle

NOUN
fundamentals
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This is a basic principle: If AI lowers the cost of routine work, it raises the value of everything else.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

It is a basic principle of constitutional law that a government cannot bind its future self.

From Slate May 26, 2026

“It starts with a very basic principle: Do you, as the boss, want to leave the job?”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2026

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

But the basic principle is still the same.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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