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Six example sentences with cardinal, each labelled with its topic.
The cardinal rule of the raid is that nobody pulls the boss before the healers are in position, whatever the chat says.
Gaming
Keeping inflation expectations anchored became the central bank's cardinal aim, with every other target ranked beneath it.
Economics
The founder's cardinal mistake was hiring twelve salespeople before a single customer had renewed, and the cash ran out by spring.
Startups
Plato named four cardinal virtues, and every later school treated them as the base on which the rest depended.
Philosophy
The cardinal rule of evidence is that the accused need prove nothing, and every procedure follows from it.
Law
The cardinal principle of the defense is to protect the paint, and every rotation is built around that.
Basketball
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