principles

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The company said it has forecast subscriber revenue growth of 21% on a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles basis and 19% on a non-GAAP basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The last owner of the painting is allowed to sell it under an agreement signed in line with the 1998 Washington Principles for the return of assets seized from Holocaust victims.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

It enshrines the commitment to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life, and details "the overarching duty on Ministers to comply with the law and to protect the integrity of public life".

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

ISO 59014:2024 turns out to be a 38-page report titled “Environmental management and circular economy — Sustainability and traceability of the recovery of secondary materials — Principles, requirements and guidance.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

In his popular and influential textbook Principles of Physical Geology, first published in 1944, Holmes laid out a continental drift theory that was in its fundamentals the theory that prevails today.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson