principled
Example Sentences
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“We want to express how sorry we are that these principled, fair and honest journalists were treated so shabbily, with such indecency,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
One of the joys of Mr. Lin’s satisfying series is watching Jing-nan and other characters struggle to lead principled lives while gaining economic footing in a perilous environment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Labour MP Alan Gemmell, who supports Streeting, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme Streeting had "taken a principled decision today not to trigger a contest".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
For a while, they thought he was principled if misguided, and not the best at explaining himself.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
And the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Vocabulary lists containing principled
President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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Obama's State of the Union Address, 2014
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