basic principles
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"We believe that alarmism, misinformation and confusion are contrary to the basic principles of preserving public health."
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Per the World Health Organization, a healthy diet is made up of four basic principles: adequacy, balance, moderation and diversity.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
“I think folks are catching on that it is time to go back to diversification and basic principles of investing,” he says.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Novel as this particular judicial question is, the basic principles are long established in economics and law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The key thing is that it is halfway to being a handbook: here is not an academic exercise, but a course of instruction in the basic principles behind the successful composition of speeches.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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