principle
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Though there isn’t a specific target for housing, another principle is that 25% of all development will be housing and at least 25% of all housing will be affordable, Araujo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
This is a basic principle: If AI lowers the cost of routine work, it raises the value of everything else.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Samuelson urged her colleagues to stand strong: “There are times when you need courage; stand on principle even if you stand alone.”
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Even if we can’t be sure something is conscious, we might err on the side of caution by assuming it is – what philosopher Jonathan Birch calls the precautionary principle for sentience.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
“He don’t need it himself, it’s the principle of the thing. He wants to know that people like him not for his money, you know, but for himself.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing principle
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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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