principle
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A guiding principle of tax treaties is avoiding double taxation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Guided by Eric, we watched planes from the viewing deck at the Santa Monica Airport, where he explained Bernoulli’s principle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Of course, devotion to principle and decorum sometimes hovers close to sanctimony, but there is a human side to Mr. Alexander as well, and even humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In principle, a signal originating from K2-18b should disappear when the planet moves behind its host star.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
But even that landmark precedent, so crucial in establishing the republican principle of rotation in office, paled in comparison to an even more elemental political and psychological realization.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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These principles obliged Bundists to cling, defiantly and then desperately, to limited peoplehood as a minority among hostile neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It said the event was "built around the principles of reduce, reuse and recycle... and supporting families with the cost of the new school year".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Because it’s almost like they don’t think they have to try to convince anyone anymore that there are principles behind these decisions.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
One analyst who predicted it from first principles was Joachim Klement, a managing director at U.K. investment bank Panmure Liberum.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
This chapter also familiarizes the reader with each method’s philosophy and principles, unique pedagogy, and practices and activities.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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