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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

Slavery violated the principle that all men are created equal, and excluding African-Americans from the franchise violated the 15th Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Its essence lies in the principle of symmetry: the same sorts of explanation must, according to this principle, be given for all types of knowledge claims, whether they are successful or not.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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