principle
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Though “Backrooms” and Parsons are adept at creating dread and building worlds, that same principle of complexity is rarely applied to the film’s characters.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The principle predicts that transistor density on integrated circuits will double about every two years, leading to faster and more efficient processors.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
A key principle of positional play is finding the free man.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The problem is that this test has no limiting principle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
And because nature was the embodiment of reason it was, in principle, possible to deduce how things had to be.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Vocabulary lists containing principle
Some Tricky Homonyms
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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