principle

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He said Hezbollah had insisted on two conditions: the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, and a principle of "quiet for quiet".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Iran and the U.S. have agreed to meet in principle but no date or venue has been decided, The Wall Street Journal External link reported, citing officials familiar with the matter.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Washington and Tehran have agreed in principle to meet but haven’t decided on a date and venue, after marathon peace talks in Islamabad last weekend ended without a deal, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

This result directly contradicts the Wiedemann-Franz law, a well-established principle that states heat and electrical conduction in metals should be proportional.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

For two genes on the same chromosome, the same principle applied: there was no simple way to separate the forked-bristle gene from the coat-color gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee