principle of economy
Britishnoun
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I would say that principle of economy was important here—but it’s just as important in a longer story.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 29, 2014
It seems better to employ the principle of economy known as Occam’s razor and cut out all the features of the theory that cannot be observed.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
We should therefore use the principle of economy and cut them out of the theory.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
The second general principle of economy, is, that, in apportioning an income, among various objects, the most important should receive the largest supply, and that all retrenchments be made in matters of less importance.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
III In the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, that humorous and human and instructive book, there is a passage that illustrates admirably the bearing of this same principle of economy of attention upon the actor's art.
From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker
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