principled
Example Sentences
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They're very principled in the way they play, probably the most principled team in the Premier League in the way that they build from the back.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Or is it what we call avoidance when we want avoidance to sound principled?
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jed Shugerman: There is no way a principled originalist can reconcile Slaughter and Cook, but let me try to give the best account for this.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“We want to express how sorry we are that these principled, fair and honest journalists were treated so shabbily, with such indecency,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Virginia's true position was less principled than it looked.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Vocabulary lists containing principled
President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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Obama's State of the Union Address, 2014
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