principle
Example Sentences
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A core principle of NIN is that the band is malleable.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Last year Northern Ireland's communities minister rejected the findings of an expert report which said a reform of the surrender principle could increase competition and innovation.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Freedom of circulation is a cardinal principle of maritime law.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
What’s happened in tech media the past few years has been an inversion of that old principle often attributed to William Randolph Hearst.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
Chandrasekhar showed that a collapsing star that has about 1.4 times the mass of our sun will have enough gravity to overwhelm the Pauli exclusion principle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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