principal
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said: “If we can confirm our improvements in Monza, then we can look with some optimism at the remainder of the season.”
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He reports to Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle, the mission’s principal investigator and his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
“There’s a performative aspect where employees overblow their usage of AI so that they appear relevant in the organization,” says Andrea Derler, principal researcher at Visier, which helps companies track and analyze employee work habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The more you spend on buying the condo, the less growth you’ll get out of your portfolio because of your decreased principal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
A version of the principal gaze falls onto her face.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Count on it if athletic directors and principals don’t take their jobs seriously to give scrutiny to transfer paperwork and make home visits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Also praising Chait during that April gathering in City Hall was Maria Nichols, president of Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, which represents schools principals and assistant principals among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and the other principals of the American Revolution are familiar faces from their innumerable portraits, including on the currency; their British opponents, less so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Mrs. Sidman tried some ghost stories after the singing, but there’s something about principals that makes it impossible for them to tell ghost stories.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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