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principle

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /


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Pulte has not publicly advanced this principle recently.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Producers agreed to “a principle strongly favoring human performances” and that producers would only use a synthetic if it “brings significant additional value to the motion picture.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Many have gone so far as to apply the precautionary principle here too: the burgeoning field of AI welfare is devoted to figuring out if and when we must care about machines.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

ZF believes it has solved that problem by developing one that works on the same principle but does away with the brushes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But the basic principle is still the same.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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