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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

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

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Mr Arscott confirmed this upcoming year's budget and the precept, the amount of money households pay the council each year, was eventually agreed in a private, closed session.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

And that’s when it hit me: my precept.

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




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