principles

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These highly volatile funds are designed for active, short-term traders, not long-term investors, and run counter to diversification principles.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

As M.M. evolves from sidekick to central character, he also begins to behave more like Butcher, forcing him to wrestle with the erosion of his idealistic principles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Eckhard Jann points out that the current system is still largely founded on principles set out in 1944.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The connectome may also reveal basic principles that apply to nervous systems across species, including humans.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

In a sense, Washington was defending his presidency as an essential exception to full-blooded republican principles.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis