precept

Example Sentences

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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

Police budgets are made up of funding from both central government and local government and the increase assumes a rise in the police council tax precept, Treasury documents suggest.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

Council tax includes a so-called police precept, which helps fund services such as regular community policing.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

But adhering to that simple, basic precept can provoke the virulent accusation of “antisemitism.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2024

This is what I wrote: This precept means that we should be remembered for the things we do.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio