basic principles
Example Sentences
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“That didn’t happen, but what did happen is that Kolby found a way to come back full circle to the basic principles of love and aloha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
"The original discovery of the Veneziano spectrum, and John Schwarz's work, took a similar approach. They didn't start with string theory models but rather the solutions came out of basic principles."
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
“I think folks are catching on that it is time to go back to diversification and basic principles of investing,” he says.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
“They told me all I had to do was prove I mastered the basic principles of sympathy.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
