basic principles
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“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
“Maria’s deportation was unlawful and violated basic principles of due process,” said her attorney Stacy Tolchin.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
"The immediate first aid they did as well as all the other locals who administered first aid applying basic principles absolutely saved me", he said.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
While this result surprises some physicists, others see it as a natural outcome of one of the most basic principles of quantum mechanics known as unitarity.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
“All in favor of admitting first-term student Kvothe’s reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of the basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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