principle

Example Sentences

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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

Introduced widely in the 1900s, counterweights reduced the energy needed to move an elevator—a principle that remains at the heart of most elevator systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The five-week wait needs "urgent attention", says David Mendes da Costa, principle policy manager at Citizens Advice charity.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

This loose, slippery, and incestuous relationship between facts and theories is called the principle of underdetermination.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton