How to Use principle in a Sentence

principle

noun
  • His investment strategy is based on the principle that the stock market offers the best returns for long-term investors.
  • But the principle is the same: The power has to move to the people.
    Andrew Blum, Popular Science, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The same principle holds for the Just Stop Oil protests.
    Itxu Díaz, National Review, 5 Nov. 2022
  • In principle, the rule of law means that no one is above the law.
    Hollie McKay, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The same principle applies to the even more vile Fuentes.
    Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Nov. 2022
  • So what about the principle of equal pay for equal work?
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2017
  • The principle has been in the news a few times recently.
    Ciara Nugent, Time, 11 July 2018
  • But the two sides had reached a deal in principle on the overall framework.
    Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 July 2018
  • This has been a governing principle in the state of Texas of late.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Since the crash, Liz has worked to carry on these principles.
    Liz Dufour, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 2017
  • Both sides agreed in principle to the plan Biden announced on May 31.
    Ravi Nessman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
    Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The guiding principle would be to try to save the greatest number of lives.
    Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The principles are the same: dry powder, mix with water.
    Sophie Wirt, Allure, 31 July 2018
  • More important is what the deal says about the principles of both camps.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Maybe the courts weren’t a forum of principle after all.
    Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • Remember the agreement in principle on how to pay for the bill weeks ago?
    Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Sure, there’ll be some nice statements of principles agreed to.
    Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Cities have long used some of these principles to manage and avoid floods.
    The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
  • But then the holes in principle became apparent, as did the holes in his boss.
    Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Treat this recipe as a principle, have a go, then why not come up with your own combos?
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The firm plans to make a decision in principle in mid-to-late summer on whether to push ahead.
    Jean Eaglesham, WSJ, 24 June 2022
  • This is still a work in progress, but our guiding principle is — and one of the things that spurred us to do this — is that the artists should own their work.
    Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The Chiefs built their offense around this very principle.
    Jim Chairusmi, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Nepotism, to start with, is a prime Trumpian principle.
    Emily Jane Fox, The Hive, 4 Oct. 2017
  • In principle, this kind of tie can happen more than once.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
  • This is the same principle that surveyors use to map cities.
    Mark J. Reid, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The same principles of skincare hold true for both men and women.
    Hana Hong, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2019
  • This is the same model that’s effective in the workplace or on a sports team—a leader who can stay true to their principles and who cares about other people’s feelings without being taken over by them.
    Becky Kennedy, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But embracing change doesn’t mean abandoning your core values or principles.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024

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