principles

Example Sentences

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California state law defines a “law enforcement gang” as a group of officers “who engage in a pattern of on-duty behavior that intentionally violates the law or fundamental principles of professional policing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

She told Radio 5 Live: "In my personal opinion, they breached every aspect of the basic principles of policing."

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

For these reasons, and for all my aforementioned principles about allowing people to repent for their mistakes, I don’t think Platner should drop out of the race.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

“We need a new articulation of what conservatives believe,” he writes, and “a fresh argument for how a rising generation can apply these principles to the challenges of today.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

That issue, of course, was slavery, which was clearly incompatible with the principles of the American Revolution, no matter what version one championed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis