principled
Example Sentences
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Or is it what we call avoidance when we want avoidance to sound principled?
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jed Shugerman: There is no way a principled originalist can reconcile Slaughter and Cook, but let me try to give the best account for this.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“We want to express how sorry we are that these principled, fair and honest journalists were treated so shabbily, with such indecency,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Labour MP Alan Gemmell, who supports Streeting, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme Streeting had "taken a principled decision today not to trigger a contest".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
He was a devout and principled man, with a long, somber face and a full gray beard.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing principled
President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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They Called Us Enemy
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Obama's State of the Union Address, 2014
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