basic principles
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“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
While this result surprises some physicists, others see it as a natural outcome of one of the most basic principles of quantum mechanics known as unitarity.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
“His actions in this case ... show an abandonment of some of the most basic principles of fairness.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
How far have they drifted from those basic principles?
From Salon • May 16, 2025
There were no formal conferences or rules or even basic principles of organization.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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