principle

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“The fundamental principle of this fund is to keep people invested for the long term,” he adds.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

An attack against one member is deemed to be an attack against all but invoking this principle requires a consensus.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The first principle of economics is: Don’t transfer income by distorting prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Guided by that principle, one of us helped launch an effort within Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services to examine its history, including its segregationist past.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Because we have some information about the particles’ position, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle implies that we must have some uncertainty about the particles’ velocity—their energy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife