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precept

[pree-sept] / ˈpri sɛpt /


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In a sprawling nation founded on the precept of individual liberty and populated primarily by immigrants from around the world, there was hardly one American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Hirst has also proposed increasing its council tax precept - which would mean a 5.66% rise for Band D properties, equivalent to 27p per week.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

And if a mental health professional has the courage to speak the truth, they're told that what they have to say is entirely invalid because of this antiquated ethical precept.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

From them, he says, he internalized the feminist precept that “the personal is political.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

I wrote this precept because I’m going to a new school in September.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio




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