principle
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When Anthropic and Open AI sell their shares the same basic principle will apply: a lot of money is being invested with no guarantee of future profits to match.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
ZF believes it has solved that problem by developing one that works on the same principle but does away with the brushes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"We use that same principle to advance the salts to the passive region."
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Though “Backrooms” and Parsons are adept at creating dread and building worlds, that same principle of complexity is rarely applied to the film’s characters.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle applies to more than just measurements performed by humans.
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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