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She told Radio 5 Live: "In my personal opinion, they breached every aspect of the basic principles of policing."

From BBC Jun. 3, 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

“Maria’s deportation was unlawful and violated basic principles of due process,” said her attorney Stacy Tolchin.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

One of the basic principles of long-term investing is asset allocation: putting a predetermined amount of money into a particular holding.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

He began to apply the basic principles of language acquisition to music learning, and called his method the mother-tongue approach.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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