Definition of principled
: exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle —often used in combination
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Examples of principled in a Sentence
She took a principled stand on funding public education.
a high-principled art expert who always told clients what he honestly thought their items were worth
Recent Examples of principled from the Web
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Trump didn't merely state a principled disagreement.
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Of the entire Legislature, are there really only four principled among you?
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The saga centers on the tension between Richard, the young and in some ways hapless 14th-century English king, and his ambitious but principled cousin Henry Bolingbroke.
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Mark Felt wasn’t the glamorous, high-principled hero some expected Deep Throat to be.
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Merkel’s principled stance on Ukraine has helped turn her into Putin’s main European adversary.
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The passion of the Defend Boyle Heights activists appears principled to some, embarrassingly naïve to others.
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This week's developments took place just as the local testing program was nearing completion, with only a few principled opponents and those recently out of town still to be tested.
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First Known Use of principled
1635
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playDefinition of principled for English Language Learners
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: having, based on, or relating to strong beliefs about what is right and wrong
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