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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acting principle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a guiding rule or fundamental concept that is currently in effect or being applied in a particular situation.
Example: "The acting principle behind our decision-making process is transparency and accountability."
Alternatives: "guiding principle" or "operating principle".
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Though not legally binding on UN members, this concept has become established as an acting principle, even if it means violating the national sovereignty of member states.
Getting Centered For the voice coach Patsy Rodenburg, finding one's center is an acting principle that can be applied to the body and the voice.
This type of the process control allowed us to move from the acting principle of physicochemical investigations "composition properties" to a principle "synthesis conditions composition properties".
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"Acting autonomously is acting from principles that we would consent to as free and equal rational beings" (TJ 516/453).
But at the same time, he said, when the safety of Americans is not directly threatened but where action can be justified — in the case of genocide, say — the United States will act only on the condition that it is not acting alone (Principle 2).
The White House said the president was acting on principle, not politics.
They said they were acting on principle, to protect a neighbouring state from invasion.
Those who carry iPhones without cases – the brotherhood of the cracked-screen status lords – are acting on principle.
The film Vera Drake tries to imply that the heroine was acting on principle, and never took payment.
If their daughter is acting on principle in one case, it should be applicable in the other.
Natan Sharansky, leader of the Russian immigrant party, said he was neither defying Mr. Barak nor backing Mr. Shalom -- rather acting on principle.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com