principles

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Collectively, they are attacks on basic principles and norms of democracy, civility, decency, equality, fairness, and dignity that American civic life nominally rests on.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

Event organisers claim Enhanced will push the limits of human performance while critics, especially in the Olympic movement, dismiss it as an affront to the spirit and founding principles of competitive sport.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The coeducational California Military Institute in Perris is also a public middle and high school with military principles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In the IPO paperwork, the company formally defines “The Algorithm” as a five-step process with the guiding principles of SpaceX: make less dumb, delete, optimize, accelerate, automate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In a manual of general principles and rules that served as a blueprint for the industry, Pinkerton admitted that the detective must at times “depart from the strict line of truth” and “resort to deception.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann