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
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Thus, some Trumpists decided to express their principled opposition to such intimidation, by threatening to kill Kaczynski and his family.
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Ted Cruz, a principled conservative who would never condone violence against the media, thirstily made some vague, nonsensical allusions suggesting that CNN may have committed a crime.
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In the years since, Gillibrand has made a name for herself as an ambitious, principled lawmaker, with — recently — a bit of a sailor’s mouth.
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But the draft summit conclusions seen by Bloomberg suggest European leaders are also alive to Macron’s concern that the EU’s principled commitment to free trade doesn’t tip over into naivety.
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Globe returnee Patrick Kerr brings humor and heartbreak as the principled and perpetually exasperated Duke of York, whose own family becomes split in two over the Richard/Henry faceoff.
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The ad, financed by a group called the Principled PAC, opens with gunfire and footage of Scalise on a stretcher.
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PRINCIPLED Cat Mays visited clubhouses occasionally during Willie's career in the majors, but the father wasn't often quoted by the press.
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PRINCIPLEDCat Mays visited clubhouses occasionally during Willie's career in the majors, but the father wasn't often quoted by the press.
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First Known Use of principled
1635
PRINCIPLED Defined for English Language Learners
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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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