principal
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His principal legislative interest has been to delist the gray wolf as a federal endangered species.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Parents have been concerned about the school since the summer when executive director David Hussey and assistant principal in charge of athletics Devon Rose were ousted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Belafonte offers to put him in contact with the leadership of the African National Congress, the principal opponent of the apartheid regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They’d get less in fees, and you’d probably start to notice that you’re digging into your principal a little bit as you go along.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Back then, when a Colored school needed a teacher, the principal would provide the state’s Colored college with the school’s requirements, and the college would send a list of recent graduates who possessed those qualifications.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Among the principals, everyone—El-Sayed, Stevens, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—quickly got on the same team.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The presentation from the principals was delivered in Irish, with simultaneous English translation provided during the hearing.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
As invasive as the whole thing is, and as uncorroborated by the principals as it remains, it is formally a big deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
When he walked into a room, members of the staff, including white principals of the training and secondary schools, together with the black principal of the industrial school, rose to their feet.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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