principle
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Mark Sanchez has reached an agreement in principle to end the civil case against him filed by a truck driver who got into a physical altercation with the former USC and NFL quarterback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
But we live in a multiplicity of realms—social, economic, cultural, political, religious—that follow their own logic and cannot be reduced to a single principle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Maresca placed the emphasis on "when" City win their appeal, as they vehemently insist the commission's ruling contained "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"The great advantage of the new nuclear clock in Vienna is that, if you use atomic nuclei rather than atoms, much higher precision is possible in principle," says Thorsten Schumm.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
In 1933, the Indian physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar realized that the Pauli exclusion principle had only a limited ability to fight against the squeeze of gravity.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Jackson violated Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, which applies to “any act which is contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship,” the NFL said in the release announcing the suspension.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The same principles could support smaller optical sensors capable of identifying chemicals or biological substances without requiring large, sophisticated laboratory instruments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Russell Kirk and Friedrich Hayek held views that seem irreconcilable, but they both adhered more closely to fusionist principles than is commonly understood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"There will inevitably be greater scrutiny of how those same principles are applied closer to home."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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